2025 Bridge Scholar Recipients
The Joffrey Ballet Bridge Program starts in CPS, where teaching artists bring ballet to their students. From there, students are hand-selected by the teaching artists to attend weekly ballet classes every Saturday at Joffrey Tower from February through June. The students then attend a two-week summer intensive, where they continue to clarify their ballet technique and choreography skills.
Academy faculty selected the following ten students for scholarships, allowing these students to take Grainger Academy classes tuition-free through the Academy until they graduate high school.
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Eden Beswick
Woodlawn Community Elementrary -
Karsen Collins
Marcus Garvey Elementrary -
Rafael Garcia
Linne Elementrary -
Nathaniel Kawa
Linne Elementrary -
Adelia Kuchkarova
Bateman Elementary -
Abigail Leon
Bateman Elementrary -
Journee Malachi-Washington
Earhart Elementary -
Oliver Taggart
Palmer Elementrary -
Alya Valdovinos
Linne Elementrary -
Autumn Williamson
O'Keefe Elementary