On September 8th, the Johnston County Schools Board of Education recognized the following students for outstanding achievement on the Advanced Placement exams:

Sarah Frantz, a 2009 graduate at Clayton High School (unable to attend)

Erin Pope, a senior, at North Johnston High School (pictured)

Olivia Booker, a 2009 graduate at Princeton High School

Jessie Anderson, a 2009 graduate of Smithfield Selma High School

Russell Thornton, a senior at South Johnston High School

Austin Tucker, a senior at West Johnston High School

Each of these students received a $1150 scholarship funded by the Johnston County Schools Education Foundation. The scholarship is awarded through a raffle process. For every AP exam a JCS student takes & scores a 4 or a 5, the student's name is placed in a drawing at his/her high school. One name is drawn per high school. That student is awarded a $1,150 scholarship to the college/university of his/her choice.

The intent of the scholarship is to encourage JCS students to excel in their Advanced Placement classes.

Students are photographed with Larry Strickland, Board of Education Chairman and Dr. Ed Croom, Superintendent.