1. Two
Woodlawn
High
School
Students
Named
Gates
Millennium
Scholars
BIRMINGHAM,
ALA.
(APRIL
21,
2015)
–
Two
students
in
the
Top
5
of
the
senior
class
at
Woodlawn
High
School
have
been
selected
to
receive
Gates
Millennium
scholarships
for
the
Class
of
2015.
They
are
Trey
R.
Hawkins
and
Jarrell
Jordan,
both
18.
Only
1,000
students
are
selected
nationally
for
the
scholarships,
which
will
help
pay
for
a
student’s
undergraduate,
graduate
and
doctoral
degrees.
Selected
students
must
meet
several
requirements
including
having
at
least
a
3.3
GPA,
be
a
minority,
demonstrate
leadership
abilities
through
participation
in
community
service,
extracurricular
or
other
activities,
etc.
The
United
Negro
College
Fund
administers
the
scholarships,
which
are
paid
for
by
the
Bill
and
Melinda
Gates
Foundation.
If
you
would
like
interviews
with
the
students,
please
call
me
at
444-­‐9279.
Attached
is
a
photo
of
Trey
R.
Hawkins,
left,
and
Jarrell
Jordan.
Trey
R.
Hawkins
is
No.
1
in
the
senior
class
at
Woodlawn
and
will
be
valedictorian.
He’s
been
accepted
by
nearly
30
colleges.
Prior
to
learning
that
he’d
received
the
Gates
Millennium
scholarship,
he
had
amassed
nearly
$1.5
million
in
academic
scholarships.
He
plans
to
study
bio
medical
science
or
business
on
the
pre-­‐med
track
at
Howard
University.
Trey
knows
how
to
play
18
instruments,
is
a
member
of
Woodlawn’s
concert
and
jazz
bands,
is
a
member
of
the
Alabama
Symphony
Youth
Orchestra,
and
volunteers
at
the
Ronald
McDonald
House
once
a
week.
Once
Trey
finishes
college,
he
wants
to
go
to
medical
school
and
return
to
Birmingham
to
open
clinics
in
low-­‐income
areas.
“I
must
give
back
to
my
community.
You
know
how
they
say,
‘It
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
child?’
It
wasn’t
just
my
family
who
raised
me.
It
was
my
whole
community,’’
he
said.
“I
can’t
wait
to
be
in
D.C.
It
seems
that
being
in
that
area
will
bring
out
the
best
in
me.’’
Jarrell
Jordan
is
No.
5
in
the
senior
class
at
Woodlawn.
He
applied
to
70
colleges
and
received
acceptance
letters
from
45.
Prior
to
receiving
word
about
the
Gates
Scholarship,
he
had
amassed
nearly
$700,000
in
academic
scholarship
offers.
He
will
attend
Morehouse
College.
Although
he
had
been
accepted
to
Morehouse
College,
he
had
not
received
a
scholarship
from
Morehouse.
He
said
to
receive
the
Gates
scholarship,
“was
great.’’

2. This
summer,
he
will
intern
at
City
Hall
in
the
Mayor’s
Office.
Jarrell
has
aspirations
of
becoming
mayor
of
Birmingham
and
then
governor
of
Alabama.
Both
students
are
part
of
Woodlawn’s
Academy
of
Business
and
Finance,
where
Trey
is
president.
Quote
from
Dr.
Horn,
Birmingham
City
Schools
Interim
Superintendent
on
the
students’
achievements:
"These
students
have
worked
hard
during
their
time
with
Birmingham
City
Schools
and
we
are
all
extremely
proud
of
their
accomplishments.
They
are
great
examples
of
the
hard
work
and
dedication
our
24,000-­‐plus
students
put
in
every
day
to
excel
academically
to
prepare
themselves
for
postsecondary
careers
and
the
high
level
of
instruction
our
teachers
deliver
each
day.
Again
congratulations
on
a
job
well
done."
Quote
from
Jesse
Daniel,
principal
at
Woodlawn
High
School:
“I’m
very,
very
proud
of
them.
I
know
it
took
hard
work,
dedication
and
a
passion
for
learning.
I’m
glad
to
be
able
to
provide
an
avenue
for
them
to
learn.’’