Creekview Students Win Waste Management Scholarships

Two Creekview High School students will have some help paying for their college education.

Seniors Riley Jenkins and Cynda Tate were recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent Dr. Frank Petruzielo on May 1 as the 2014 Waste Management Scholarship winners.

The board has a partnership with Waste Management that specifies that two scholarships per year, each in the amount of $1,000, will be awarded to seniors attending Creekview High School.  

Applications were solicited via the high school counseling staff, the district's website and through local media, and were forwarded to the Waste Management Scholarship Committee for consideration.  

This committee, consisting of Waste Management and community representatives and a school district facilitator, reviewed and scored the applications and determined that the $1,000 scholarships should be awarded to Riley and Cynda. 

Cynda, who will attend the University of North Georgia in the fall to study nursing, has volunteered as a Peer Helper for special needs students at her school, and has volunteered at Macedonia Elementary School, her church and with Relay for Life. 

A four-year Varsity letter recipient for softball, Cynda has received All-State, All-Region and All-County softball honors and was named Best Defensive Player in Region 7AAAAA.  

Dual enrolled at Kennesaw State University, she will graduate from high school with 19 hours of college credit from KSU and is a member of the National Honor Society.  She also works part-time. 

Riley, who will attend the University of Georgia to study genetics/pre-med, has volunteered with the Friends Club to support special needs students, Give a Kid a Chance to help children in need, Habitat for Humanity and other organizations.  

Riley has served for four years in Student Government, is Creekview High’s Student Delegate to the Cherokee County School Board and is a two-year letter recipient for wrestling management.  

A member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society, Riley already is at work in her career field through the school’s healthcare sciences career program: she has shadowed an endocrinologist, volunteered at a cardiovascular clinic and interns at a physician’s practice. She also works part-time.