Two Bowie Students To Be Awarded Scholar Dollars

Two students from Bowie's public schools are being recognized this morning for their efforts in the classroom. Hayley Holdridge from and Jordin Greene from will be honored at the event Wednesday at .

The two are being honored with 18 other students from the county as part of The Scholar Dollar Program, which was created in 2006 through a joint effort of Prince George’s County Government Office of the County Executive and PGCPS to reward students for academic excellence.

The program gives special discounts and incentives to students who earn a 3.0 grade point average, honor roll or other significant achievement during each report card period. Any students meeting those requirements is eligible to be entered in a drawing to win a mall gift card. At the event Wednesday, the winner of the grand prize—which is a higher value gift card to the mall—will be announced as well.

Nearly 900,000 PGCPS students have been rewarded through the Scholar Dollar program to date. These 20 students will be honored with gift cards and airline tickets during an awards ceremony at 10:30 a.m. at the center court of the mall.

Sonia Dasgupta contributed to this article.