Gates Millennium Scholarship winners

By Gracie Bonds Staples

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A number of metro Atlanta students were selected to receive a Gates Millennium Scholarship winners.The scholarships pay for all college expenses for as long as it takes students to graduate from the school of their choice.

Atlanta Public Schools

Benjamin E. Mays High School

Elicee Edgers

Erika Clater

Jasmine Herndon

Booker T. Washington

Quanteshia Tennyson

Chelsea Falcone

Shaeroya Earls

Kamalia Blunt

Mia Philpot

Deonte Bridges

Carver School of Health Sciences & Research

Toyia Gray

Jhamarcus Jones

Briahna Head

Brittany Magee

Orane Douglas

Carver School of Technology

Javon Mclester

D. M. Therrell School of Health Science & Research

Zyer Beaty

Justin Savage

Carver Early College

Randie Henderson

Cerise Clarke

Frederick Douglass High School

Cachet Pinson

Marieh Scales

Ashley Wilson

Jared Vallair

Maynard Jackson High School

Chelsea Little

North Atlanta High School

Aundrea Collins

Tykeria West

Celeste Gee

Taylor Graves

South Atlanta School of Health, Medicine & Sciences

Alyssia Clore

Clayton County

Morrow High School

Thu-Hang Tran

North Clayton High School

Demarcus Bell

Riverdale High School

Mai Tran Le

Cobb County

South Cobb High School

Malaika Miller

Kristin Goss

DeKalb County

Columbia High School

Arturo Salmeron Jr.

Druid Hills High School

Joshua Cole

Jennifer Kim

McNair High School

Kesha Anderson

Miller Grove High School

Teyonna Ridgeway

Martin Luther King High School

Charis Hanner

Marcus Benning

Diamond Jefferies

Redan High School

India Irish

Southwest DeKalb High School

Michelle Mason

Amberly Holloway

Stone Mountain High School

Kim Ba

Fulton County

Westlake High School

Hope Turner

Roswell High School

Naureen Rashid

Banneker High School

Maureen Egbosiuba

Gwinnett County

Collins Hills High School

Nganda Gatei

Duluth High School

Kayla McKenzie

Parkview High School

Zakiya Haji

Louis Leonidas

North Gwinnett High School

Seo Kim

Mountain View High School

Brittney Blakely

Private schools

Blessed Trinity Catholic High School

Joilahna Reynolds

Galloway School

Alfred Quaicoe

Greenforest Christian Academy

Monique Donald

Rising seniors and GED students may apply for the scholarship beginning Aug. 1. The deadline is Jan. 10, 2011.