Marissa Michnowicz is a Lehigh Senior High School junior who has been actively enrolled in The Foundation’s Student Advocacy & Mentoring Partnership (STAMP) program. Marissa has been dedicated to meeting the requirements of the STAMP program, including meeting with her mentor regularly, displaying exemplary behavior, and maintaining a 3.51 GPA and, as a result of her commitment to the program, she has been awarded a Take Stock in Children Scholarship.
Take Stock in Children is a statewide scholarship program that provides a unique opportunity for deserving students from low-income homes to escape the cycle of poverty through education. The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools is the local administrator of the program; we offer our students college scholarships, caring volunteer mentors and hope for a better life. When students are accepted into the program, they sign a contract to maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA, stay crime- and drug-free, and meet with their mentor regularly. When they graduate from high school, having kept this commitment, they receive a four-year college tuition scholarship.