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Candice Carey, senior year at Sequoyah High School

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma - Northeastern State University (NSU) recently named Candice Carey, a senior at Sequoyah High School (SHS), a Collegiate Scholar. As a Collegiate Scholar, Carey is entitled to a four-year scholarship valued at $6400.

"I really feel like I have achieved something with all of my hard work in high school", Carey said. "I’ve earned it. My honor courses at Sequoyah have really challenged me and prepared me for the ACT."

The scholarship will waive tuition costs up to $800 per semester for four years. Carey, who lives in Hulbert, must continue to enroll at NSU full-time, maintain a 3.0 grade point average, and must complete 24 credit hours at NSU each academic year.

Carey is the daughter of Jim and Anita Carey of Hulbert and plans to use the scholarship to complete her undergraduate course work to aid her in becoming a pharmacist. She is the Valedictorian on the senior class at Sequoyah and is president of the National Honor Society.

"Candice has been a role model every year at Sequoyah", said Tony Pivec, SHS superintendent. "She’s excelled academically and athletically. She’s a special young lady who has no limit to her potential."

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!"             Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.