Scholarships for Right to Dream graduates

Four Right to Dream (RtD) graduates have earned scholarships to study abroad through the network of elite scholarships developed by RtD over the years.
Former Academy captain, Farouk Osman, Theophilus Quartey, and Richard Mensah Glemawu have taken up scholarships at the Hotchkiss School, Salisbury School and South Kent School, respectively, which are all based in Connecticut, USA.

Added to the list is Mohammed Khadir, who joins Millfield School in England, bringing the number of RtD graduates, who have earned scholarships to study in schools abroad.

Khadir joins a school that has a rich history in sports and also offers pupils 30 sports disciplines with numerous facilities, including an equestrian centre, 13 tennis courts and an athletics arena.

Millfield, which charges £10,000 per term, was the highest represented British school at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with two athletes winning gold medals. Khadir, the first RtD graduate to join Millfield, hoped the opportunity would have an impact on his career, having acquainted himself well with facilities and teachers at the school during a recent visit.

“It’s a top class school. I’m working hard to go there and fit into the system. I’m going out there to play for the school soccer team, hopefully the first team.

I will also like to take part in drama, with my experience in the RtD drama group”, he stated.

Former Academy Captain, Farouk Osman, starts his four-year scholarship at the prestigious Hotchkiss School, an independent boarding school, which was founded in 1891, in Lakeville, Connecticut.

He joins an elite list of former RtD graduates including Moro Mohammed, Isaac Normesinu, Rashid Nuhu, Atobra Ampedu and James C. Nortey who have benefited from Hotchkiss’s top class education program, as well as, the choice of 20 sporting disciplines, including track and field, soccer, volleyball and basketball.

“The responsibility lies with me, to go there (The Hotchkiss School) and raise the standard of RtD,” said Farouk whose scholarship is worth more than $40,000 per year.

He added: “I will go there and seek to have an impact on others, based on the character traits and education I have acquired at RtD.” Richard Mensah Glemawu has the distinction of being the first RtD Academy graduate to be awarded a scholarship to the South Kent School in Connecticut.

The school which was established in 1923 is a member of the New England Preparatory Schools Athletic Council and the Hudson Valley Athletic League. Graduate Theophilus Quartey is also set to attend Salisbury School which is noted for instilling vibrant enthusiasm for learning and the self-confidence needed for intellectual, physical, moral and spiritual development.

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