Grady High School Student Named Carson Scholar

Twenty Atlanta Public Schools students, including one from Grady High School, were named Carson Fund Scholars.

The Grady student is Archie Kinnane, an 11th-grader.

The students will each receive $1,000 college scholarships.

The fund is named after Benjamin S. Carson, the famed Johns Hopkins Pediatric neurosurgeon, and his wife, Candy.

They founded the funded in 1994 after reading a study that showed the United States ranked 21st out of 22 nations in science and mathematics.

Since then, the fund has awarded scholarships to students in grades 4 to 11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities.

Since 2002, the Carson Scholars Fund has recognized more than 400 students in the Southeast.