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Scholarships worth a total of $4,000 were awarded to four students in Gwinnett County Public Schools' Community-Based Mentoring Program. Joshua Boose of Central Gwinnett High School, Malik Neal of Peachtree Ridge High School, Desmond Sylvester of Lanier High School, and Gregory Thomas of Norcross High School each were awarded a $1,000 scholarship at the program's end-of-year celebration dinner. All four graduating seniors started the program in middle school. "The scholarship is great but the relationship I built over the years with my mentor and the guidance he provided me has made a big difference in my life," said Neal. Devon Jackson, an eighth-grader at Snellville Middle School in the program said, "A mentor is not just someone who helps you, but someone that you can trust. I am glad that I trust my mentor."

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