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Severna Park Total Scholarship Amount Reported

Severna Park High School seniors earned just over $13 million in scholarships, according to Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Severna Park High's class of 2012 received $13,058,013 in college scholarship offers—placing second among county high schools, according to a press release.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) reported that graduating seniors throughout the county earned $110 million.

The county’s class of 2012 as a whole earned $10 million more than last year’s graduating seniors, something AACPS officials say is due to a specific push for African-American students to secure scholarships. The release reported that school counselors throughout the county put a focus on working with African-American students, who ended up receiving more than $15.6 million this year, 42 percent more than 2011.

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“Our school counselors do incredible work every day to support the thousands of students who dedicate countless hours to their studies,” Superintendent Kevin Maxwell said in the release. “This is great news not just for our African-American students, but for all senior in our county.”

Scholarship offers have increased by nearly $73 million since 2007, according to the AACPS release.

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Below is a list of all the schools and their corresponding 2012 scholarship totals, provided by AACPS:

  1. South River - $14,602,536
  2. Severna Park - $13,058,013
  3. Broadneck - $11,055,810
  4. Annapolis - $10,999,000
  5. North County - $10,874,804
  6. Arundel - $8,545,462
  7. Old Mill - $8,202,378
  8. Chesapeake - $7,447,284
  9. Northeast - $7,170,865
  10. Glen Burnie - $6,170,500
  11. Southern - $6,052,117
  12. Meade - $5,105,282

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