As these students prepare to walk across the graduation stage, Sampson County Schools wants to congratulate the seven high school seniors who are recipients of the N.C Teaching Fellows (NCTF) scholarship.
Read the press release here: https://www.northcarolina.edu/news/nc-teaching-fellows-program-announces-record-530-awards-offered-for-2025-26/
The NCTF program is a competitive, merit-based forgivable loan program that provides tuition assistance of up to $10,000 per year for qualified students committed to teaching elementary education, special education, science, technology, engineering, or math in a North Carolina public school. The program's purpose is to recruit, prepare, and support future teachers who attend institutions of higher education in North Carolina.
This year’s recipients in Sampson County are (in order of appearance as pictured below):
Heily Avila Ponce, Hobbton High School
Carlie Wade, Hobbton High School
Luanna Sessoms, Lakewood High School
Alondra Acosta, Midway High School
Trey Nunnery, Midway High School
Georgia Register, Midway High School
Nayeli Pacheco, Sampson Early College High School
Tamia Beatty, Union High School
