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Four Awarded Ken Bower Teacher Cadet Scholarship
Selected from among
more than 80 applicants, four South Carolina seniors were recently awarded the
Ken Bower Teacher Cadet scholarship.?
The four $1,000 scholarships are to help cover college expenses for the
2003-2004 school year.
Open to high school
seniors who participated in the Teacher Cadet program in 2002-2003 and plan to
attend a South Carolina college or university to become a teacher, the
scholarships are funded by silent auctions held at the annual fall and winter
professional development conferences. While Laura McColl plans to attend
USC-Aiken, Alyson Hendrick, Andrea Boynton and Mary Ellen Walters have all
chosen Clemson University.
Ranked first in her
graduating class of 115 at Chesterfield High with a perfect 4.0 grade point
average, Hendrick was a varsity cheerleader for four years and squad captain
her senior year. Co-Editor-in-Chief of North Augusta High?s yearbook, Boynton
compiled a 4.76 GPA (4.90 scale) and placed third among 284 students in her
graduating class. In addition to lettering in three varsity sports, Walters
served as Student Body president while maintaining a 3.96 GPA (4.0 scale) and
ranking sixth of 302 Greenwood High graduating seniors. White Knoll High?s
McColl has a 3.8 GPA and served on the Lexington District One Teacher of the
Year selection committee.?
Ken Bower, associate
professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the
College of Charleston, died December 25, 2002, at the age of 58. During his
career, Bower was avidly committed to public school students and the adults who
worked with them. When the Teacher Cadet Program began in 1986, Dr. Bower was
asked to develop the first full-scale curriculum. It was with loving tribute
and the highest regard that the SCCTR renamed the Teacher Cadet Scholarship in
honor of this educator, leader and humanitarian.
2003 Ken Bower Teacher Cadet Scholarship
Recipients
Laura McColl, White Knoll High School, Lexington,
USC-Aiken
Alyson Hendrick, Chesterfield High School,
Chesterfield, Clemson University
Andrea Boynton, North Augusta High School, North
Augusta, Clemson University
Mary Ellen Walters, Greenwood High School,
Greenwood, Clemson University
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Tribute To Ken Bower by Virginia Ward, SCCTR Teacher in Residence
South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment
● Ward House at Winthrop University ● Rock Hill, SC 29733 ●
800-476-2387