High School Seniors Invited to Apply for AFA’s Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship

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Teens Invited to Describe How Alzheimer’s Has Impacted Their Lives for the Chance to Win a $5,000 Scholarship from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

High School Seniors Invited to Apply for AFA’s Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship

NEW YORK (November 1, 2021)— High school seniors impacted by Alzheimer’s disease can win up to $5,000 for college through the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship. Students can enter the contest by visiting www.alzfdn.org/scholarship. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2022. “Teens across the country are making an impact because they’ve been impacted […]

Black Texas teen told to cut his dreadlocks to walk at graduation

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The teen's family is from Trinidad. He said that his dreadlocks are part of his heritage and that many men in his family wear them.

Black Texas teen told to cut his dreadlocks to walk at graduation

By Janelle Griffith, NBC News  A black teenager in Texas said he had been suspended and told he can’t walk in his high school graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks to meet the school district’s dress code. DeAndre Arnold, a senior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, about 30 miles east […]