Atlanta Public Schools celebrated 13 APS scholars who earned a four-year, full-tuition scholarship through The Posse Foundation at the start of the spring 2024 semester. These scholars accounted for over $3 million in scholarship money. View the video recap of this amazing accomplishment, and click here to read more.
What better way to start the spring semester than celebrating the 13 APS scholars who earned a four-year, full-tuition scholarship through The Posse Foundation?
After returning from the holiday break, The Posse Foundation held an acceptance ceremony for the 60 students and their families at The Gathering Spot, where they congratulated the students for their achievements. More than a few proud tears were shed as the students and their families shared how thankful they were for this great opportunity.
The 13 APS Posse scholars accounted for over $3 million in scholarship money.
2024 APS Posse Scholarship Recipients
| Minnah Dunlap | Maynard H. Jackson High School | Bard College – Posse 16 | $251,160 |
| Imani Johnson | Midtown High School | Bard College – Posse 16 | $251,160 |
| Luke McCullough | North Atlanta High School | Boston University – Posse 17 | $255,192 |
| Sanai Conoly | Charles R. Drew Charter School | Brandeis University – Posse 14 | $257,392 |
| Isla Edwards | Charles R. Drew Charter School | Brandeis University – Posse 14 | $257,392 |
| Shemaiah Perry | KIPP Atlanta Collegiate | Brandeis University – Posse 14 | $257,392 |
| Shelby Terry | North Atlanta High School | Brandeis University – Posse 14 | $257,392 |
| Niya Colbert | KIPP Atlanta Collegiate | Texas A&M University – Posse 10 | $162,428 |
| Caydence Walker | Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy | The College of Wooster – Posse 17 | $238,200 |
| Adriana Claudio | North Atlanta High School | The George Washington University – Posse 9 | $258,800 |
| Stella Maximuk | Midtown High School | The George Washington University – Posse 9 | $258,800 |
| Joseph Muche | Midtown High School | The George Washington University – Posse 9 | $258,800 |
| Eamon Walsh | Midtown High School | The George Washington University – Posse 9 | $258,800 |
“APS is one of our best partners,” Jamaal Greer, director of Posse Atlanta, said. “We really thrive on trying to affect the city of Atlanta and get as many APS scholars as possible.”
The Posse Scholarship is a leadership training, merit-based scholarship that partners with six colleges and universities to offer 10 scholarships each. As they prepare to enter their respective colleges, the students will meet with their Posse weekly for team building experiences and already have a group of peers to lean on when they reach campus.
The Posse Foundation remains connected with their scholars throughout their first two years on campus to help guide them through college life by providing a campus mentor and meeting throughout their college careers.
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate senior Shemaiah Perry was excited to be accepted by the Posse Foundation, and already has a plan for his college career.
“It was great to be accepted. I know now that my mom doesn’t have to pay as much as she would have, so that’s really good,” he said. “Now that I have a Posse, it’s a lot easier for me because I know I can go to people, I can have college readiness courses, and that’s going to help me excel at the collegiate level.”
Perry was accepted into the Brandeis University Posse and plans on pursuing and completing the MBA program in five and a half years.
“KIPP Atlanta Collegiate was very helpful. They kept getting on us about applying for scholarships before the deadline and not on the deadline at like 11:59 p.m. on the day,” he said. “They really helped me, and I know they helped my classmates as well find out what they want to do after high school.”
Photo Credit: M. Jackson High School Staff
Congratulations to our twenty-four Atlanta Public Schools’ students who have been awarded 2012 Posse Foundation Scholarships.
The Posse Foundation identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may be overlooked by the traditional college selection processes. Posse extends to these students the opportunity to pursue personal and academic excellence by placing them in supportive, multicultural teams—Posses—of 10 students. Every Posse Scholar is awarded a four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarship to a prestigious college or university.
The Posse Foundation provides scholarships for students around the nation to attend one of 39 colleges and universities including Brandeis University, Boston University, Bard College, Vanderbilt University, Mount Holyoke College and The College of Wooster. Posse also partners with graduate programs, which provide scholarships and other forms of financial assistance to Posse Alumni interested in earning advanced degrees at schools such as Northwestern University and Carnegie Mellon.
In 2010, The Posse Foundation became one of only 10 organizations selected by President Barack Obama to receive a portion of the president’s $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award money, which he elected to donate to charitable causes.
Posse has sites in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Washington, D.C.
Our 2012 APS Posse Scholars are:
BenjaminE. MaysHigh School
Elmer Moreno
Dominic Stegall
Booker T. Washington
Maya Knight
Brandon Richardson
Wade Ruff
Shaikeria Stallings
Carver School of Arts
Makalani Mack
Brandon McDonald
Tony Wright Jr.
CarverSchool of Health Sciences & Research
Gabrielle Burke
FrederickDouglass High School
Paris Jerome
Kesi Kmt
Henry W. Grady High School
Paige Banks
Eve Brown
Jacob Frieson-Grant
Quameiha Grandoit
Marius Jackson
Queen White
Jamil Williams
Maynard Jackson High School
Montanez Baugh
North AtlantaHigh School
Samantha Lunsford
Maximilian McGonigle
Roderick Malone
Tech High School
Shanteal Weldon
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Learn More about Posse Scholars
Know an amazing student? We want to know that student, too. If you are a high school or a community-based organization that works with high school juniors/seniors in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York or Washington, D.C., and you are officially registered with your local Posse office, then you can nominate your students as early as their second semester junior year, in high school. Note that for each Posse location/city, the nomination process may begin in the spring. Please make sure you contact your local Posse office for details at the beginning of every year.
Every year,* Posse works closely with its network of high schools and community-based organizations to recruit Posse Scholars. Each Posse Scholar wins a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to attend one of Posse’s partner colleges or universities.
Twenty of the 40 local high school students awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships to attend four premier colleges and universities by The Posse Atlanta Foundation are APS students. The students, who attend seven APS high schools, will be honored during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Georgia-Pacific Auditorium (133 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303). Students are selected for the program based on academic excellence and outstanding leadership.
Eleven APS high school students have earned Posse Foundation scholarships to attend three colleges in the fall of 2010. The students were selected based on academic excellence and outstanding leadership. APS students selected to attend Bard College: Durante Barringer (Therrell School of Health Science and Research), Treyonna Frazier (Carver School of the Arts), and Benjamin Powers (Grady). APS students selected to attend Boston University: Mariah Burch (Grady) and Spencer Lai (North Atlanta). APS students selected to attend The College of Wooster: Chelsea Addison (North Atlanta), LaShanda Evans (Tech High), Janna Haywood and Erin Johnson (Grady), Lisa Paige (Booker T. Washington) and Joshua Reese (Benjamin E. Mays).
The Posse Foundation recruits and trains “posses” of students from urban high schools and sends them to elite colleges and universities with four-year full-tuition scholarships.