Brooklyn High School For Girls Celebrates First Graduating Class With 100% College Acceptance
An all-girls high school in Brooklyn, New York is celebrating its first graduating class in the school’s history. All the graduates of Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter School have been accepted to college. The school opened in 2017he school has aimed to help overcome the educational inequalities encountered by Black and Brown youth by empowering “each young woman to be the best version of herself” according to Black News.
The school’s first class of 2021, has 90% Black students and over 75% first-generation college students, brags of a 100% college acceptance rate. The students applied to over 150 different colleges and universities and received almost $1 million in merit-based scholarships. The school recently held a “college shower” for their senior class. All of 50 students were each given college gear, which includes duffle bags, dorm supplies, and a pair of wireless headphones.
“Today, you are rewriting history and contributing to the legacy of District 16 and Bedford-Stuyvesant,” BELA co-founder and head of school Nicia Fullwood said according to Patch.
“We’ve always said that you all were destined for greatness, that you’d change the world in ways we could never imagine. Despite your non-traditional senior year, today, we celebrate all of you,” she continued.
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