Neuse Charter Valedictorian Receives $12,000 Scholarship

Neuse Charter School valedictorian Jeffrey Tanner Wilkins received a $12,000 scholarship on Wednesday with a 4 year summer internship from the Golden Leaf Foundation.

Wilkins and his fellow seniors will be graduating Friday night.  He plans to attend North Carolina State University where he has been accepted to the engineering program.  Pictured are the president of the Golden Leaf Foundation, his mother Shannon Barnes, Principal Sharon Johnson, and Director Susan Pullium.