“AVID students are totally prepared academically. We don’t want finances to be the reason they don’t finish,” said Julie Faryniarz, the executive director of the Greenwich Alliance for Education. On Tuesday the Alliance’s scholarship committee announced $10,000 in scholarships to applicants from the GHS AVID class of ’13 and 14 (rising sophomores and juniors in college) for the upcoming school year. Still the unmet need of the 10 applicants remains at over $140,000 and the Alliance is continuing to raise funds toward that end. Continue Reading →
