{"id":7826,"date":"2018-05-16T10:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2018-05-24T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:01:06","slug":"curtis-brown-jr-awarded-2018-brickell-scholarship-29th-class-scholars-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/curtis-brown-jr-awarded-2018-brickell-scholarship-29th-class-scholars-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Brown, Jr. awarded 2018 Brickell Scholarship; 29th class of scholars named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Green Run High School (GRHS) senior Curtis Brown, Jr., April 20 began as a typical day at school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in NJROTC that day and we were outside in P.T., that\u2019s our physical training, and one of our instructors called us inside. I saw Mr. Tarkenton standing at the door and I was, like, \u2018Oh, gosh. Did somebody get it in trouble? What\u2019s going on?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There wasn\u2019t a problem, rather it was a celebration in Brown\u2019s honor. Megan Bishop, his gifted resource teacher at GRHS, captured the surprised look on Brown\u2019s face at the sight of balloons and special guests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-Photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7823 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-Photo-1-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"alt=&quot;&quot;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-Photo-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-Photo-1-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-Photo-1-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-Photo-1-400x250.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The visitors from the Virginia Beach Rotary Club (VBRC) and the school division\u2019s Office of Gifted Education were there to announce that Brown had been selected as the recipient of the 2018 E. E. Brickell Scholarship. As the honoree, he will receive a $6,000 college scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was definitely very surprised,\u201d said Brown. \u201cI knew there were 11 finalists and based on being able to interact with all the Brickell Scholars, I knew that they were all very strong candidates. Even when I was named a Brickell Scholar as a junior, to be honest with you, I was just going through the process. I really did not expect to win at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The VBRC established the Brickell Scholars program nearly three decades ago in the name of Dr. Edward E. Brickell, who served as superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) from 1968-1987. Each class of scholars participates in a seminar series throughout their senior year to interact with and learn from each other as well as from invited guest speakers. Additionally, one student is selected as the annual scholarship winner for his\/her exemplary academic performance and involvement in school and community activities.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2018 E. E. Brickell Scholarship winner, Brown will be among the speakers at the VBRC\u2019s Annual Scholars Recognition Dinner May 17, where the following high school juniors will be recognized as the 2019 Brickell Scholars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alea Barry, Kempsville High School<\/li>\n<li>Will Butler, Kellam High School<\/li>\n<li>Bhoomika Chowdhary, Princess Anne High School<\/li>\n<li>Carlie Daniel, Landstown High School<\/li>\n<li>Cole Faggert, Ocean Lakes High School<\/li>\n<li>Gabby Ferran, Landstown High School<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Forehand, Kempsville High School<\/li>\n<li>Phillip Goldstein, Cox High School<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Hansen, Salem High School<\/li>\n<li>George Kohn, III, Green Run High School<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Lee, Bayside High School<\/li>\n<li>Abby Martin, Tallwood High School<\/li>\n<li>Andie Pember, First Colonial High School<\/li>\n<li>Keano Rich, Ocean Lakes High School<\/li>\n<li>Alaysia Simmons, Bayside High School<\/li>\n<li>Annika Suh, Salem High School<\/li>\n<li>Mimi Trieu, Tallwood High School<\/li>\n<li>Ana Valverde, Green Run Collegiate<\/li>\n<li>Kenzie Wall, Cox High School<\/li>\n<li>Dreyden Wedertz, Kellam High School<\/li>\n<li>Cason Wilburn, First Colonial High School<\/li>\n<li>Kiyah Wise, Green Run High School<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Wornom, Princess Anne High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brown, who received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in December 2017, plans to study aerospace engineering and hopes to contribute to the rapidly-progressing field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about what they\u2019re doing <em>now<\/em>,\u201d Brown said, noting the work of private companies like SpaceX. \u201cBy the time I\u2019m able to actually get into the field, there are so many more things we\u2019ll be able to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u201d is a word that Brown values as a member of the GRHS Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC), where he serves as the senior class leader and administrations officer. He knows that the lessons he has learned through his service with the unit will propel him to success in aerospace engineering and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-photo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7824 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-photo-2-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"alt=&quot;&quot;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-photo-2-1024x679.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-photo-2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-photo-2-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brickell-photo-2-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much, so much \u2013 the importance of dedication, loyalty, even patriotism, too, working as team,\u201d he said. \u201cFor me, I\u2019ve always been someone who didn\u2019t like group assignments. I always wanted to do stuff on my own. Being a part of this, it showed that in order to have real and true success, you can\u2019t do it all on your own. It takes everybody to work together in order to achieve the common goal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Green Run High School (GRHS) senior Curtis Brown, Jr., April 20 began as a typical day at school. \u201cI was in NJROTC that day and we were outside in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-connections","tag-green-run-high"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7888,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions\/7888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}