{"id":203173,"date":"2019-06-04T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=203173"},"modified":"2019-06-04T17:36:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T22:36:45","slug":"teenage-mother-valedictorian-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenage-mother-valedictorian-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing: Teen mom valedictorian gets $1 million in scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\/2019\/05\/22\/teen-mother-graduates-high-school-with-1m-in-scholarship-offers-top-honors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teenage mother<\/a> in Tennessee is proving that with the right support, a woman can have a baby and accomplish her goals, too. She is the first in her high school&#8217;s history to be offered more than $1 million in academic scholarships, and she earned it all while pregnant and parenting.<\/p>\n<p>Lamyrical Harris became pregnant during her junior year at Trezevant High School in Memphis. &#8220;I was scared,&#8221; she said in an interview with Fox 4 Kansas City. &#8220;It just made me go 10 times harder.&#8221; After her son was born, she refused to forget about her goals, and worked hard to graduate as valedictorian of her class, even as a teenage mother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn2.trb.tv\/iframe.html?ec=V0eHl0aDE66-R3g7bfyTYrIaR-xgczKh&amp;pbid=ffbcf8e010eb4c238d3dda4eb935d806&amp;pcode=J5b3E62qXs0__5N6rt4w1q4FbPSD\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/teenage-mother-i-chose-you-even-when-i-wasnt-ready-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teenage mother: &#8216;I chose you even when I wasn\u2019t ready for you&#8217;<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She came to school. She took care of business, and her motivation has been her child,&#8221; said Assistant Principal Yolanda Sherrod. There were times Harris says she could barely walk after giving birth to Laderrious, but a teacher helped her to keep focused and stay on track.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of her junior year, she had $200,000 in scholarship offers, and by the time senior year had begun, she stood at $500,00 in offers. Now, she has $1,244,298 in academic scholarship offers from schools competing for her attendance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FtherealTrezevantHigh%2Fposts%2F352993902019888&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"668\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BREAKING NEWS! We have our first MILLION DOLLAR SCHOLAR in Trezevant history,&#8221; the school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therealTrezevantHigh\/photos\/a.188163708502909\/351837212135557\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to Facebook<\/a>. &#8220;Our valedictorian, Lamyrical Harris, has been offered a total of $1,244,298 in ACADEMIC scholarships, making her our first to receive this honor. While we&#8217;ve had some amazing athletes throughout Trezevant history, she is the first to earn this amount solely in academic scholarships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She aims to be a solid role model for her son, saying, &#8220;I want him to be valedictorian of his class, and I want him to have over a million dollars in scholarships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris is still undecided on which college she will attend, but one thing is certain, she proves the naysayers wrong. Unlike what the abortion industry would have women believe, they <em>are<\/em> capable of being mothers and achieving additional goals. Just because a teenage girl becomes pregnant doesn&#8217;t mean her life is over; it means a new life is just beginning. And with supportive people around them, mothers &#8212; no matter their situation &#8212; can and do succeed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage mother in Tennessee is proving that with the right support, a woman can have a baby and accomplish her goals, too. She is the first in her high school&#8217;s history to be offered more than $1 million in academic scholarships, and she earned it all while pregnant and parenting. 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