Four students in RRHA housing win $2,000 scholarships
5/15/2015, 1:37 p.m.
Virshon Carrington, Rakiya Ibrahim MeShawn Macklin, Shakira Vaughan
Four college-bound students from Richmond’s public housing communities have won $2,000 scholarships from the Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials, it has been announced.
The winners include three seniors from Thomas Jefferson High School:
• Virshon Carrington, a resident of Whitcomb Court, who will graduate with a 4.2 GPA;
• Rakiya Ibrahim, a resident of Gilpin Court, who also will graduate with a 4.2 GPA; and
• MeShawn Macklin, a resident of the Oscar Stovall Apartments, who will graduate with a 4.2 GPA.
The fourth winner, Shakira Vaughan, is a resident of Fairfield Court and a senior at Open High School. She will graduate with a 4.6 GPA.
