Verona High School student awarded $400,000 Boys & Girls Clubs scholarship

Verona High School student awarded $400,000 Boys & Girls Clubs scholarship

Verona High School senior Ja’Kylah Powers was chosen from more than 90 applicants due to her leadership and community work, and she plans to use the scholarship to study psychology at an HBCU.

Verona high school student awarded $400,000 college scholarship

Ja’kylah Powers, a Verona Area High School senior, won out of 94 applicants

"She's a very, very special person." Verona high school student awarded $400,000 "full-ride" scholarship for college

Ja’kylah Powers, a Verona Area High School senior, was the recipient of a $400,000 scholarship from the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County at a special celebration at Verona Area High School April 1. Boys and Girls Club of Dane County (BGCDC) President and CEO Michael Johnson says that Ja’Kylah was selected for the scholarship from 94 students in a highly competitive process and that the selection committee chose Ja’kylah for her leadership, cha…