Scholarships Taking Elementary Promising Students

In 2005, Mr. Bernie Little proposed an endowed scholarship program to be awarded annually to promising and financially deserving elementary students to strive for a college education. The plan was to provide an endowed scholarship for a boy and a girl for every elementary school in the college's service area. The program began with three endowed scholarships and now has 35 scholarships for 29 of the 47 schools in the district.

Each year the school selects a deserving fifth-grade student and the student receives a certificate guaranteeing them $4,000 for tuition and fees at CFCC for any program. The student must remain drug and crime free and keep satisfactory grades.

S.T.E.P.S. has been a successful motivator for students, parents, and school personnel in giving promising students hope for their future. Each endowed scholarship is a $10,000 donor gift and is eligible for state match bringing the endowmnet to $20,000. This amount is invested to generate the annual scholarship award each year. The first group of S.T.E.P.S. recipients is expected to attend CFCC in 2013.