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 Berea, KY - The College For Every Student (CFES) foundation, formerly the Foundation for Excellent Schools, partnering with Berea College GEAR UP Partnership have named a select 80 students from eight area high schools to be CFES National Scholars.
The 9th grade students, nominated by their school’s GEAR UP counselors, will be part of the nationally recognized CFES leadership program throughout their high school career. Focusing on leadership, the scholars will enhance their education and prepare for a successful post-secondary experience.
According to Linda Stone, Direct Services Coordinator with Berea College GEAR UP and CFES National Scholars Coordinator, the scholars will engage in activities that will develop their leadership, goal-setting abilities and improve their knowledge of college life.
“These students all have great leadership potential.” Stone said. “Through this program they will work with students in other schools to enhance those abilities and provide assistance in transitioning younger students into high school.”
 Other activities planned for the Scholars are multiple opportunities to join in college visits, participate in career development workshops and overnight trips to sites both in and outside Kentucky. The students and their parents will gain in-depth information on components that help students move toward college.
During the installation workshop in December the scholars were engaged in leadership sessions with CFES national trainer Christine Michaels while parents participated in a tour of Berea College campus and worked with GEAR UP Parent  Engagement Coordinator Michelle Scarberry on an introduction to GEAR UP.
The scholars also teamed with students from other high schools for training in the True Colors: Basic Awareness program.
 Robin Adams, a True Colors Facilitator, defined the program, “True Colors is a method to help us identify the spectrum of personality traits and styles by distinguishing individual strengths, valuing differences and creating unity within a group.” Adams continued “Through the skills the students gained they can be better leaders by identifying and knowing how to work with differing personality styles.”
The CFES National Scholars for 2007-2008 are as follows:
Berea Community High School
Genesis Azucena Aviles
Kristen Taylor Conley
Rhiannon Michelle Fields
Levi Michael Isaacs
Aaron Richard Lang
Brianna Elaine Marcum
Zachary Steven Mounts
Tory Jeannine Newton
Camryn Tyler Shaffer
Nathan Alexander Vaughn
Estill County High School
Cade Berryman
Teresa Curtis
Kaylee Farmer
Matthew Howe
Karah Johnson
Catie McIntosh
Sabrina Moore
Sylena Neal
Rickie Roberts
Mitchell Weekley
Jackson County High School
Cheyenne D Barrett
Chelsea B Day
Andrea Sally Gabbard
Caleb Joseph Gilbert
Paul Jacob Grimes
Mercedes Denea Lenia Hudson
Colby Wade Nicholson
John Henry Nunn
Ashley Nicole Ooten
Michael Tanner Sandlin
Lee County High School
Andrea Allen
Kayla Louise Frye
Tabatha Renae Gilbert
Cody R Holiday
Cody Lee Johnson
Darrin G. Johnson
Rebecca Jane McIntosh
Bradley Keith Morrison
Mindy Marie Rowland
Ryan Spencer
Madison Central High School
James Byrd
Charles C Chaplin
Nathan Antwon Clark
Kourtany Deaton
Kody Dickenson
Kara Megan Evans
Ryan S Evans
Shianna P Gray
Heather Gail Grimes
Darisha L Jenkins
Aubelinda Rachell Jolicoeus
Haylee E King
Kirstin L King
Cristen C Lewis
Amber Moberley
Manda R Morton
Hannah Sullivan
Zakary L Coleman
Olivia Marie Jones
Erika K Parks
Madison Southern High School
Tosha Boggs
Erica Broyles
Stephanie Carpenter
Cheyenne Conner
Brandon Dyehouse
Nora Eskridge
Jordan Howard
Jacob Isaacs
Anthony Milligan
Joseph Sell
Rockcastle County High School
Tara Denise Baldwin
Brittany Nicole Boreing
Felicia N Cameron
Kara Lyn Canterbury
Morgan Ashlee Dixon
Dalton Dewayne Hutton
William Derek Jones
Ashley Michelle Partin
Cynthia Marie Poynter
Dakota Ray Ratliff
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