A new scholarship for Valley High School seniors will honor Kaylee Xiong, a talented graphic design student who was killed in a South Sacramento crash last September. She was 18.
Brandy Shearer, who taught Xiong, is raising $10,000 for the Kaylee Xiong Memorial Scholarship. Shearer said a group of student leaders in the program spearheaded the plan to award $1,000 annually to a Valley High senior who has completed the school’s series of graphic design classes. Anyone can donate to the scholarship online at bold.org.
Shearer said her students came up with the idea as a community service project. Most of the students in the leadership group are juniors and seniors who knew Xiong…