Britney Allen	Ciera Brownlee	LaDea Kerr	Lauren Parran	Robin January	Tanisha Wade

100.3 The Beat & Shorty “The Prince of the City” proudly present the 5th Annual McDonald’s Academic Excellence Award

McDonald’s will be offering 6 one-time scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each to local African-American students who will be graduating this coming Spring. Recipients of the 2008 McDonald’s Academic Excellence Award will be selected by a committee and must meet the following criteria: a completed application with essay, interview, academic performance, references, community involvement and the desire to achieve a higher education.

Each applicant must either be affiliated with the Mathews-Dickey, Jackie Joyner-Kersee or Herbert Hoover Boys’ & Girls’ Club OR be willing to do 20 hours of community service at one of the clubs.

Click here for a Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club application

Click here for a Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club application

Click here for a Jackie Joyner-Kersee Boys and Girls Club application

The fourth annual McDonald's Academic Excellence Award was presented to six St. Louis/Metro East high school seniors during a recognition ceremony at the Ronald McDonald House in the Central West End. The United Negro College Fund of St. Louis and McDonald's St. Louis/Metro East administered six one-time scholarships in the amount of $2,500, which were awarded to each student's university of choice.

The 2007 McDonald’s Academic Excellence Award recipients are: Robin January, East St. Louis H.S. ; Britney Allen, East St. Louis H.S.; LaDea Kerr, Soldan International Studies H.S. ; Lauren Parran, Rosati Kain H.S.; Ciera Brownlee, Normandy H.S.; and Tanisha Wade, Kirkwood H.S.

McDonald’s is proud to support these deserving students and the organizations they represent.

To learn more about the Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club please visit:
http://www.mathews-dickey.com/.

To learn more about the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Boys and Girls Club please visit: http://www.jackiejoyner-kerseefoundation.org/.