The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) has announced a new slate of recipients of the Caroline D. Bradley (CDB) Scholarship including Jack Gonzalez of St. Michaels, MD. This four-year high school scholarship helps gifted learners across the country attend an optimally matched high school or individualized education program to help them work toward meeting their unique intellectual and personal potential. This year’s group, the class of 2027, a distinguished community of more than 350 scholars that have been recognized over the last 20 years.
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Students apply for the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship in the seventh grade and are required to complete a rigorous portfolio application process, which includes essays, middle school transcripts, letters of recommendation, and a work sample. Eligible applicants must also achieve scores at the highest level on nationally normed standardized tests.
“We are extremely honored to have had the opportunity to impact the lives of well over four hundred promising young people through the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship,“ said Elizabeth Jones, President and Co-Founder of IEA. “These students exhibit great intellectual and creative potential, and we look forward to nurturing them as they advance through their high school years and beyond.”
The three CDB selection committees are comprised of a diverse group of nationwide high school and university admissions directors, teachers and administrators, CDB alumni, community members, and business leaders. The rigorous selection process took place over the course of several months, wherein the committee reviewed applications and interviewed candidates.
Over the course of the next several months, IEA staff, current CDB Scholars and CDB alumni will provide guidance and assistance to the entering class of 2027 Scholars as they begin to identify potential high school programs, complete applications, and prepare their individualized educational plans for next year’s high school entrance.
“For 20 years, we’ve been fortunate to work with such bright and ambitious young people, and this year is no different,” said Bonnie Raskin, Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Program Director at IEA. “Harnessing the multi-generational CDB community to support a new incoming class is one of the program’s greatest strengths, and one of its unique joys.”
The program, which began in 2002 and is generously funded by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, is one of the few merit-based, need-blind scholarships of its kind in the United States. To date, IEA has awarded more than 350 scholarships to gifted learners and alumni who are already making their mark on the world. Currently, there are 225 alumni, 125 of whom have graduated from college and are in the work force, attending graduate school, or participating in international service and fellowship programs.
The application for the next class of Caroline D. Bradley Scholars will be available in the fall. In November, CDB will also celebrate its 20th anniversary the weekend of its Bradley Seminar, a multi-day conference where scholars meet their peers and share ideas in an energetic environment.
For more information about this scholarship or any of IEA’s other programs and services, visit www.educationaladvancement.org.
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