Tagged: South Seattle Community College

2:30pm

Fri January 14, 2011
Education

Chief Sealth grads get free year at South Seattle Community College

Melinda Inez Foster says the 13th Year Promise Scholarship guarantees she'll achieve her goal of going to college.
Charla Bear / KPLU

Seniors who graduate from Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle have a new price for their first year of college – free.  The president of South Seattle Community College says it’ll give one-year tuition scholarships to any student who gets a diploma and fills out a couple of forms. 

The 13th year promise scholarship doesn’t require students to get a 4.0.  Family finances don’t matter either.  Administrators at South Seattle Community College say they want to remove any barriers that keep kids from getting a higher education.

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