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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Gardiner Scholarships, School Choice, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Willette's story: Vibing to her own frequency and helping everyone she meets along the way
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Willette Treadway wants to help. She wants to help her classmates, teachers and administrators at North Florida School of Special Education, where she is in the Secondary 3 classroom. She wants to help her family and friends. She wants to help the homeless population in Jacksonville. “One thing about me,” Willette said, […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Donor Corner, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, School Choice, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Republic National Distributing Company donates $82 million to help provide scholarships for Florida schoolchildren
Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), one of the nation’s leading wholesale alcohol beverage distributors, has contributed $82 million to Step Up For Students, providing more than 10,300 Florida schoolchildren with access to the right education to help them succeed. Since 2012, Republic National Distributing Company has generously funded more than 81,170 scholarships through contributions totaling […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Rising Stars, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Education choice scholarship helps Khairi dream big
ROGER MOONEY MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – Like nearly every football-playing high school senior in the country, Khairi Muhammad dreams of an All-American college career that leads to his selection near the top of the NFL Draft. The desire fuels him, sometimes waking him in the middle of the night with a burst of adrenalin so […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Donor Corner, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Scholarship News, School Choice, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Gas South donates $500,000 to support Florida schoolchildren
Gas South, one of the leading natural gas marketers in the Southeast, has contributed $500,000 to Step Up For Students, helping more than 65 Florida schoolchildren attend a K-12 school that best fits their learning needs. This is the first year that Gas South has partnered with Step Up For Students, a nonprofit organization that […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Gardiner Scholarships, graduate, School Choice, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Of courage, basketball and conquering the obstacles in his way: The Justin Williams story
OCOEE, Florida – Justin Williams was 8 when he underwent surgery to allow more room for his brain to grow. For two months he wore a halo brace and a plate on the roof of his mouth to push the bones in his face forward one agonizing millimeter at a time. At one point, Justin […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, graduate, Rising Stars, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
'Better options' for their daughter included a move to America and an education choice scholarship
Roberto Porras was at his job as a pharmaceutical rep in his native Venezuela when his wife, Ony, called with the news that she was pregnant. It was the spring of 2003, and Roberto, overjoyed at the thought of becoming a dad, was concerned about the baby’s future in a country rife with political unrest. […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Back to School, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, School Choice, School Spotlights, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
School is not out for summer at TRU Prep Academy, which has adopted a year-round schedule
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida – The calendar said it was July 6, but parents pulled their cars to a stop outside TRU Prep Academy and students stepped out wearing their standard school attire – black slacks, white shirts, and red ties. School is out for summer in most parts of the country, but at TRU Prep […]
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How do you turn students into readers? At Alpha Learning Academy, by turning a classroom into a library
ORLANDO, Florida – Shakelia Henderson sat behind the desk inside a classroom that was recently converted into a library and nodded at the shelves full of books that lined the walls. “This,” she said, “is the beginning of a literacy journey that’s going to make our kids stronger. I really do believe that.” Henderson just […]
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After taking charge of his education, Step Up alumni achieves goal of attending University of Florida
On a Wednesday morning in early January, a day after he turned 20, Josep Amiguet walked into a classroom inside Matherly Hall on the edge of campus for his intermediate microeconomics class, his first as a student at the University of Florida. “OK,” he remembers thinking, “I’m here.” It took three years of laser-like focus […]
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20 years of Educational Opportunity, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, graduate, Step Up For Students, Student Spotlights
Former Step Up For Students scholar chasing major league dream
On a sun-dappled Sunday afternoon in mid-April, Jay Allen gave his mother a gift she will treasure forever. With Deanna Singletary among the family members sitting in the front row behind the third base dugout at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, Jay hit his first home run of the season for the Daytona Tortugas, […]
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