SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Turi Bell is a Booker High School senior whose life shows the transformative impact of education. He is among the 5 graduating seniors in the class of 2025 who were part of the Eagle Academy at Alta Vista Elementary in 2012. The students who attended every summer session from rising kindergarten through rising fourth grade were rewarded with a Take Stock In Children scholarship.
As middle school students, they received mentor support to help them transition through middle school. As freshmen, they entered the official Take Stock In Children program—they received a mentor, a college success coach, the requirement to maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher, and the requirement to remain drug-free. Turi has completed 13 years of impressive work.
In 2018, Turi expressed this dream of being on TV someday, and today we made that dream come true!…