Winston County’s Distinguished Young Woman, Bailey Gregory, will head to the state DYW program in Meridian.
The preliminaries for the state program will be Thursday, July 18th and Friday, July 19th in Meridian.
The Winston County scholarship program is held in February or March each year. A representative is chosen and she prepares for the state program, which is a week-long event, held in July.
Winston County’s DYW is Bailey Gregory of Louisville. She plans to attend United States Military Academy and train to be a pilot. At the program she plans to perform Piano (Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin). Gregory is a junior at Nanih Waiya Attendance Center. She is the daughter of Kevin and Nicole Gregory.
Gregory may receive best wishes in the form of cards, letters, emails, and flowers in care of: Winston County’s DYW- Bailey Gregory P. O. Box 582 Meridian, MS 39302 Her email address for the week is: baileygregory@msjrmiss.com
Distinguished Young Women of Winston County is part of a national scholarship program that promotes and rewards scholarship, leadership and talent in young women.
Cash scholarships are awarded at the local level and millions in college-granted scholarships are available ($1 billion nationally). And local winners will advance to the state program in Meridian, MS where they give away more than 28,900 in cash tuition scholarships.
The Distinguished Young Women experience is open to every eligible young woman and there is no cost to participate.
Distinguished Young Women of Mississippi is an official state preliminary of Distinguished Young Women, a national scholarship program, formerly known as Junior Miss, that promotes and rewards scholarship, leadership and talent in young women.
Founded in 1958, DYW is the largest and oldest national scholarship program for high school girls. Each program evaluates participants in the categories of scholastics, interview, talent, fitness and self-expression. Local program winners advance to the state level and all state winners participate in the National Finals held in Mobile, Ala., the summer after they graduate from high school.
In addition to earning scholarships, the girls participate in a life skills program that includes workshops and online resources. Participants can learn skills like interviewing, public speaking, self-confidence building and more to prepare for the program and for the world after high school and college.
For more information on DYW, visit the website at www.distinguishedyw.org
