Dixie M. Hollins High School

100+ Tampa Bay Public School Students Earned $500 Each at the "Paid for Grades" 2019 - 2020 Graduation Ceremony

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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TAMPA BAY, Fla., June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Paid for Grades (PFG), the groundbreaking academic program that offers $500 each to Tampa Bay students who improve their reading literacy and maintain stellar attendance, held its 2019 - 2020 graduation ceremony "virtually" this year, via Zoom, on Thursday, June 11, 2020.

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  • TAMPA BAY, Fla., June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Paid for Grades (PFG), the groundbreaking academic program that offers $500 each to Tampa Bay students who improve their reading literacy and maintain stellar attendance, held its 2019 - 2020 graduation ceremony "virtually" this year, via Zoom, on Thursday, June 11, 2020.
  • This year's participating schools included Boca Ciega High School, Countryside High School, Dixie Hollins High School and Lakewood High School.
  • "I'm so incredibly proud of our 2020 graduates," said Monica Eaton-Cardone, the Tampa Bay business leader who created, organized and launched Paid for Grades in 2013.
  • Now in its seventh year, PFG has donated over half-a-million dollars to Tampa Bay students, teachers and schools.