Fourteen Aiken County Public Schools students recently received Martha Schofield Scholarships totaling more than $25,000.
The students and their awards are as follows:
T’Meira Brown, $1,850 to attend USC Columbia; T’Mya Brown, $1,850 to attend USC Columbia; Tamia Valentine, $2,000 to attend Claflin University; and Aiyana Holland, $1,850 to Lander University; Onyemachi Provost, $2,000 to attend USC Aiken; Kadarious Gallman, $1,850 to attend Winthrop University; Austin Emanuel, $1,850 to attend USC Aiken; Trevonté Green, $1,850 to attend Claflin University; MaKayla Harris, $1,850 to attend NC A&T State University; Antonio Hill, $1,850 to attend Clemson University; Jayla Jackson, $1,850 to attend USC Aiken; Michael Parrish, $1,850 to attend USC Aiken; Akira Salley, $1,850 to attend USC Upstate; and Joshua Gordon, $2,000 to attend Claflin University.
Through persistence and fundraising ability, a flourishing institution known as Schofield Normal and Industrial School evolved and was operated as both a boarding and a day school for Negro youth, according to the release.
After 82 years of operation, however, financing such a school “via” contributions became increasingly unrealistic, according to the release. The funds for the memorial trust represented the school endowment of about $80,000, which had remained under the control of the Schofield Board after school operations were terminated in 1950 when the school’s building and property were transferred to the Aiken County Board of Education for operation as a public school.
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