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    Ready for the Next Stage 

     
    Our Vision 2020 strategic plan’s overarching goal is to have more and more students graduate ready to build successful lives. Never is that goal more evident than at this time of year. More than 10,000 WCPSS students will graduate from our high schools between May 20 and June 12.
     
    During the next several weeks we will introduce you to some of the members of the Class of 2016. They come from all walks of life but they’re all headed for bright futures. These amazing young people are graduating fully prepared – for college, career – and life!
     
    May 27, 2016 
     
    Student: Jada Hester
     
    School: Wake Forest High School
     
    College: NC State University (Park Scholar)
     
    Jada Hester will graduate a member of the Class of 2016 from Wake Forest High School. She earned a Park Scholarship, a full four-year scholarship to NC State University. 
     
    "I identify as a theater kid," said Hester, co-captain of TROUPE, the school's competitive theater team. Hester was part of a cast that won Outstanding Play of the Year at the NC Theater Conference, advancing to the regionals. In drama, she has directed, mentored students and done tech work. She has been part of the school team that has put on anti-bullying skits at neighboring schools.
     
    "She is a fair and unbiased leader," said drama teacher Maria Jones. "She is a talented actor. Her character is beyond reproach. She will always be one of the top students that it's ever been my pleasure to teach."
     

     
    Jada currently serves as the Student Body Vice President. She has been active in student government, a Student Government Association leader for four years. She attended Governor’s School and NC Tarheel Girls State. 
     
    She is president of the National Achiever's Society at Wake Forest High. She took part in Project Uplift, which seeks to recruit high-achieving minority students to UNC. She is a member of five Honor Societies.
     
    At Wake Forest High, she has been a Team Leader of the Special Needs Committee for Project Unify that encourages young people to act as agents of change--fostering acceptance, respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities or anyone perceived as different.
     
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    "I really enjoyed high school," said Hester. "It's really important if you find something that is important to you that you stick with it and pursue it, and education and the arts are very important to me."