Two high school students who were surprised with scholarships covering their tuition to the College of Charleston on The Ellen Show on Monday, March 11, 2019, are among six students from Ashley Ridge High School’s Teacher Cadets program who will attend CofC in the fall of 2019.
Darius Smith and Jaheim President appeared on The Ellen Show thinking they were going to talk about their goals of becoming teachers. Instead, host Ellen DeGeneres surprised President with his acceptance letter to CofC, and informed both students they would be receiving scholarships covering their tuition to the College.
Joining Smith and President at the College this fall will be fellow Ashley Ridge students Tatiana Brown, Kyle Fersner, DeMarr Proctor Floyd and Dennis Wright. The five male students, along with two more incoming freshman from other South Carolina high schools, will constitute the College’s largest ever cohort in the Call Me MISTER program, which supports male minority students who choose to major in education.
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