We are
pleased to announce the
Ellis-Wade
Scholarship for Young Men, the
Terrence Mixon Scholarship for Young Men,
and the
Sims-Fayola Foundation Scholarship for Young Men to be awarded
in May 2017. We will award three, $500, scholarships to provide
outstanding young men the financial support needed to complete an undergraduate
college education in any discipline area of their choice.
The application window for all three scholarships opens on March 1, 2017,
and closes on April 15, 2017. The online application and checklist
will be made available on the Sims-Fayola Foundation’s website,
www.sffoundation.org, on March 1st. Selection will be
based on demonstrated leadership, scholarship, and essays. Additionally,
finalists will be required to participate in a virtual interview on April 30th.
Application materials include:
- Three
Essays
- Copy
of College/University Acceptance Letter
- Resume
- Copy of
Official High School Transcript
·
Two Letters of Recommendation
The Terrence Mixon
Scholarship for Young Men is available to graduating high school
seniors residing in Mobile, Alabama. This scholarship is to honor Mr.
Mixon who believed in Dedrick Sims, offering him his first opportunity to teach
at Lillie B. Williamson High School in Mobile. Principal Mixon allowed
Sims to grow as an educator under his tutelage where Dedrick started the Young
Men of Distinction Program. Mr. Mixon now serves as the Executive
Director of Student Support Services for Mobile County Public Schools.
The Ellis-Wade Scholarship
for Young Men is available to graduating high school seniors residing
in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. This scholarship is to honor two women who
raised a visionary and educational architect, Dedrick Sims, Founder/CEO of
the Sims-Fayola Foundation. Ms. Brenda Diane Ellis, the late mother
of Dedrick Sims, and Ms. Betty Wade, his grandmother, embody strength, grit,
resilience, and determination that inspire his work as he leads the foundation.
The Sims-Fayola Foundation
Scholarship for Young Men is available to graduating high school
seniors residing in the Denver or Atlanta Metropolitan areas. The three
pillars that support the work of the foundation are: Advocacy and Awareness,
Capacity Building, and Education. Hence, this scholarship will
be awarded to a young man who embodies and demonstrates their leadership by
advocating for others, serves as a leader in their community committed to
building the capacity of others, and values the importance of education.
About the Sims-Fayola
Foundation
The Sims-Fayola Foundation (
www.sffoundation.org) is a Colorado non-profit organization
with a mission
to improve the life outcomes of urban males in K-12 grades.
The Sims-Fayola Foundation was founded, in August of 2014, by Dedrick Sims as a
broader strategic plan to improve the life outcomes of urban males through
advocacy and awareness, capacity building, and education. As a visionary,
school founder, and educational architect, Dedrick witnessed the plight of
young men within the school environment and realized the complexity of
solutions needed to change the trajectory of urban males must extend beyond the
school walls. Hence, he began to see with greater clarity the need for an
organization focused on developing a comprehensive strategy, working in unison
with other organizations, and build the capacity of educators to serve young
men to change the life outcomes of urban males in K-12 grades. The Sims-Fayola
Foundation seeks to effect change to the myriad of dismal statistics that are
associated with urban males as it relates to life outcomes and school success.
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