It’s exhausting to think about what the previous few months have been like for our native highschool seniors. Due to a worldwide pandemic, their highschool careers have ended abruptly. They’ll by no means expertise many of the issues which have made lasting recollections for practically each technology of college students earlier than them. Their lecture rooms have been emptied, their ball fields fell silent, and their each day campus rituals have been cancelled. The ultimate Spring of their adolescence was not spent laughing and studying with pals, however as an alternative sheltered at house with their households, looking for what to do subsequent.
Whereas that actuality has sunken in for the scholars, those that serve our group faculties have been working diligently to supply some type of closure each for seniors and the 1000’s of different rising college students. The lecturers, college staff, bus drivers, and positively directors have all been disrupted too. With so many challenges going through the varsity system and different academic retailers, our whole group has needed to come collectively to assist.
With the conventional pomp and circumstance of the awards ceremony canceled resulting from shelter-in-place restrictions, Laura and her crew of volunteers started pondering of how they might create a viable different for showcasing scholar achievement. Due to the artistic pondering of supporters like Ron Sachs and Leon County Colleges Superintendent Rocky Hanna, plans for a digital ceremony started to emerge. Regardless of not with the ability to salute the finalists and winners in individual, Laura and our World Class Colleges companions have been capable of carry some a lot-wanted pleasure and recognition to many of the seniors who’ve been impacted by the pandemic.
Earlier this week, the 2020 Best & Brightest Awards have been held by way of a dwell broadcast from the Leon County Colleges Aquilina Howell Constructing. Similar to the standard ceremony, Laura Rogers shined on stage as she spoke to the person achievements of over 150 scholarship winners. With over 11,000 individuals tuning in to observe the award winners being introduced, internet hosting a digital Best and Brightest ceremony was clearly the proper transfer.
As Laura highlighted in her feedback on the recorded ceremony, there have been lots of of relations gathered each collectively and thru expertise throughout our group to observe the winners be introduced. Regardless of lacking out on so many of the events related to their senior yr, a minimum of for just a few hours, these excessive attaining and provoking younger college students have been capable of expertise some of the popularity they deserve.
The Best & Brightest Awards matter for an entire host of causes, however we consider that among the many most essential is how our enterprise group steps as much as assist our native college students. The scholarships which might be introduced to deserving achievers every year are consultant of the hope our native companies have for the longer term of our hometown. These rewards are really an funding within the subsequent technology of leaders and doers. What moments like this train us is that we should proceed to make that funding in order that when unpredictable occasions come our means once more, we are going to certainly have the very best and brightest minds accessible to assist steer our group.
The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is proud to assist Leon County Colleges and all of our native academic organizations. Good luck to all of the graduating seniors and finest needs of a shiny and profitable future!
