REAL Scholars

03/20/2026

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT📣🎓

Our scholarship program is now available for 2026! This opportunity is open to senior scholars currently residing in an AR Delta School District and we encourage all eligible applicants to apply by the deadline. For more information about eligibility, please visit our website.

www.realscholars.org/scholarship

Scholarship deadline: May 1, 2026

Best wishes to all scholars!🎓🎊

03/20/2026

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT📣🎓

Our scholarship program is now available for 2026! This opportunity is open to senior scholars and we encourage all eligible applicants to apply by the deadline. For more information about eligibility, please visit our website.

www.realscholars.org/scholarship

Scholarship deadline: May 1, 2026

Best wishes to all scholars!🎓🎊

10/07/2025

Thank you, Lee County School District for the opportunity to serve.

It was an honor to share this free educational resource as a wonderful collaboration serving along with Eta Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha who will provide the participation prizes! Congratulations to all participants!👏🏾

Stay tuned for the next! 📚💕🎊

10/02/2025

Greetings Marianna Community & Friends,

We are looking forward to hosting a FREE ACT workshop with our Lee County School District High School Scholars on Monday, October 6th during Trojan Time! 📚🎊

Thank you to our Lee Senior High School admins for providing this educational opportunity for our LHS scholars.

This workshop is a collaboration with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc-Eta Sigma Omega chapter. We will continue this workshop series during the Fall semester!

www.realscholarsprogram.org

10/02/2025

Greetings Marianna Community & Friends,

We are looking forward to hosting a FREE ACT workshop with our Lee County School District High School Scholars on Monday, October 6th during Trojan Time! 📚🎊

Thank you to our Lee Senior High School admins for providing this educational opportunity for our LHS scholars. This workshop is a collaboration with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc-Eta Sigma Omega chapter. We will continue this workshop series during the Fall semester!

www.realscholarsprogram.org

03/17/2025

Our leadership team participated in the 2nd Annual Marianna Spring Break Kick-Off today. It was a joy to be home to support our Marianna Community. Congratulations to our gift-cards raffle winner and to all contributors for making this event a success.🎊🎉✊🏾

Thank you to the wonderful co-organizers of this annual community event: Tammekia Fraction, Kim Edwards and Corey Foreman. We thank you for your ongoing dedication and time to bring this opportunity to our Marianna families.

As always, you can count on us to contribute to this community effort. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be of service.

02/01/2025

Dear Community & Friends,

As we celebrate the kick off of Black History Month today, we would like to also share our sincere appreciation to all contributors who made our recent College 101 event held on MLK Day, January 20, 2025 a wonderful day of service.

Thank you to our wonderful co-hosts, Dree Neal with Buchanan Foundation and BJ Woods with The Village Place for their leadership in making this event possible. Thank you to UAMS for providing the venue and parking accommodations.

Thank you to our outstanding leadership panelists for your shared knowledge and expertise:

Amy Baker
Amber Booth-McCoy
Tim Campbell
Talethe Collins
Dr. Lloyd Jackson
Gregory Jones
Dr. Mia Phillips
Shandrea Murphy-Washington
Tah-jai Sharpe
Faith Thomas
Drekkia Writes

Thank you to our scholar moderators and all youth volunteers that participated in this educational learning experience. Thank you to our wonderfully prepared catering by The House of Mental!

Special thanks to all attendees for participating! We hope that it was a memorable and wonderful experience for all!

01/20/2025

Greetings Community & Friends,

This is a FREE College 101 Event held today, January 20th at 9:30am. This is a collaboration with Buchanan Foundation, REAL Scholars and The Village Place!

All youth are welcome. If you haven’t registered yet, you can still join us by registering upon arrival. Continental Breakfast and lunch will be provided for attendees.

Scan the QR code on the flyer or click the link below to register now.

https://lnkd.in/g3kemJGC

We hope to see you there! 📚🎊

01/14/2025

Greetings Community & Friends,

We are proud to have Amber Booth McCoy serving with our Leadership Panel for College 101 to be held on Monday, January 20, 2025 at UAMS. 📚🎉

This is a free educational event for scholars and parents! Continental Breakfast and lunch will be served! Don’t delay, RSVP Today!🎉

This a collaboration event hosted by Buchanan Foundation, REAL Scholars and The Village Place! We hope to see you there!

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01/10/2025

Greetings Community & Friends,

We are proud to have Drekkia Writes serving with our Leadership Panel for College 101 to be held on Monday, January 20, 2025 at UAMS. 📚🎉

This is a free educational event for scholars and parents! Continental Breakfast and lunch will be served! Don’t delay, RSVP Today!🎉

This a collaboration event hosted by Buchanan Foundation, REAL Scholars and The Village Place! We hope to see you there!

https://www.realscholarsprogram.org/steam

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01/07/2025

Greetings Community & Friends,

We are honored to have Dr. Mia Phillips serving with our Leadership Panel for College 101 to be held on Monday, January 20, 2025 at UAMS. 📚🎉

This is a free educational event for scholars and parents! Continental Breakfast and lunch will be served! Don’t delay, RSVP Today!🎉

This a collaboration event hosted by Buchanan Foundation, REAL Scholars and The Village Place. We hope to see you there!

https://www.realscholarsprogram.org/steam

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01/06/2025

We are proud to have Mr. Tim Campbell serving with our Leadership Panel for College 101 to be held on Monday, January 20, 2025. 📚🎉

This is a free educational event for scholars and parents! Continental Breakfast and lunch will be served! Don’t delay, RSVP Today!🎉

This a collaboration event hosted by Buchanan Foundation, REAL Scholars and The Village Place. We hope to see you there!

https://www.realscholarsprogram.org/steam

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