24 Students Awarded Scholarships From Shell
Twenty-four students from eight Los Angeles high schools affected by the 1992 riots were awarded higher education scholarships totaling $100,000 from the Shell Oil Co. on Wednesday.
The high schools are Crenshaw, Dorsey, Fremont, Jefferson, Jordan, Locke, Manual Arts and Washington Prep.
Most of the recipients already have been accepted to colleges and universities, including Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Spelman College, UC Berkeley, UC Riverside and UCLA.
Since its inception in 1993, the Shell L.A. Scholars program has awarded $800,000 to 192 Los Angeles Unified School District high school seniors.
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