District of Columbia Council for Excellence

05/11/2026

DCCFE is excited to announce our 2026 Award Season. Open to all DCPS High School graduating seniors. Please see attached application.

To date our college scholarship awardees

• 2025 (2) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book to students at McKinley Technology and Bell Multicultural High School
o Suhnya Hester & Dane Briscoe

• 2024 (4) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book and College dorm room and school supplies to students at Schools Without Walls, McKinley Technology and Benjamin Banneker
o Akesh Malia, Trinity Christie , Ejiko Ayotunde , Jaye Allen Boone

• 2023 (1) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book and College dorm room and school supplies to students at McKinley
o Ne ’Kaylah Davis

• 2022 (3) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book and College dorm room and school supplies to students at McKinley , Benjamin Banneker High School
o Kaylah Hester, Jaylee Davis, Laila Pettus, Elizabeth Abatan

• 2021 (3) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book and College dorm room and school supplies to students at Thurgood Marshall Academy , Benjamin Banneker High School, and Paul Laurence Dunbar
o Justina Poole, Ezinne Anyanwu, Lopez, Maryori, Kendall Spann

• 2020 (3) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book and College dorm room and school supplies to students at McKinley Tech and Benjamin Banneker
o Natural Taylor, Nasiir Davis-Barkley, Alyson Jefferson

• 2019 (3) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book and College dorm room and school supplies to students at PHELPS ACE, Frank W. Ballou, and Cardozo Senior High School
o Sharai Baltimore, Dieudonne Kazzembe and Tatiana Robinson

• 2018 (3) College Scholarships, Microsoft Laptop Book, and College Supplies to students at Eastern High School & Coolidge High School
o Dearra Hart, Alayza Mitchell and Anketse Zewdu

• 2017 (3) College Scholarships and College Supplies to students at McKinley High School & Coolidge High School
o Khadijah Nixon, Enjolique Chandler & Casimir Etoundi

• 2016 (3) College Scholarships and College Supplies to students at McKinley High School
o Robin Williams, Maya Bostick & Katilynn Marsh

• 2015 (4) College Scholarships to students at Anacostia and Eastern High School
o Mathurine Zama- Sity, Briana Walker, DeMarco Diggs & Mahni Hellams

05/11/2026

DCCFE is excited to announce our 2026 Award Season. Open to all DCPS High School graduating seniors. Please refer a friend or student. Applications on the DCCFE Inc. website.

03/18/2026

Congratulations to Natural Premier on receiving our 2025 Completion Award Masters !
Natural graduated with a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Melon University '25.

02/19/2026

12/06/2025

Congratulations to Ezinne Anyanwe our Completion Awardee.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences, her Minor in African Studies, and a Certificate in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine from the University of Pittsburg '25.

11/19/2025

Congratulations to Justina Poole, our Completion Awardee.

She earned her Bachelor’s in Social Work from Virginia State University '25 and has been a DCCFE Scholar since eighth grade at Johnson Middle School. We are proud to support her as she pursues her Master’s degree.

08/22/2025

Congratulations to our 2025 Scholarship Awardees. Future Howard University and High Point University Alums.

07/23/2025

Effective August 1, 2025 we are excited to announce an increase in our scholarship award.

Journey of Excellence & College Journey Tier I : Award increased to $13,000 Four Year ($1,625.00 Each Semester )

College Journey Tier : Award increased to $10,000 Four Year ($1,250.00 Each Semester )

Please note this increase will be applied to all upcoming scholarship renewals.