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Phillip O Berry Academy Of Technology Alumni Association

The Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology Alumni Association fosters community and support among alumni, empowering engagement in educational initiatives and mentorship, enhancing opportunities for current students and promoting lifelong connections.

<p fr-original-style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;"><span fr-original-style='font-family: arial, "ｍｓ ｐゴシック", "ms pgothic", 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;' style='font-family: arial, "ｍｓ ｐゴシック", "ms pgothic", 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit;'>For 2026, the Cardinal In Flight Scholarship Fund will award one (1) scholarship in the amount of $250 to a current senior at&nbsp;<span fr-original-style='font-family: arial, "ｍｓ ｐゴシック", "ms pgothic", 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;' style='font-family: arial, "ｍｓ ｐゴシック", "ms pgothic", 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit;'>Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology.&nbsp;<span fr-original-style='font-family: arial, "ｍｓ ｐゴシック", "ms pgothic", 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;' style='font-family: arial, "ｍｓ ｐゴシック", "ms pgothic", 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: inherit;'>The award will be issued as a personal check to the recipient, to be used at the recipient&rsquo;s personal discretion. Suggestions for award use include but are not limited to books, tuition, transportation, supplies, etc.

For 2026, the Cardinal In Flight Scholarship Fund will award one (1) scholarship in the amount of $250 to a current senior at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology. The award will be issued as a personal check to the recipient, to be used at the recipient’s personal discretion. Suggestions for award use include but are not limited to books, tuition, transportation, supplies, etc.

Cardinal In Flight Scholarship 2026

<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:center;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">The Parkins Family has graciously provided a brief yet powerful description of Asante Parkins:<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">Asante Parkins was an Engineering student at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology who graduated in 2015. During his time at POB, he was on the swim team, student government, a Student Ambassador, a member of JROTC, American Institute of Architecture Student, BioClub, and POB SMART team. He was honored to be crowned the 2014-2015 Mister POB.</li></ul><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">  <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">Asante earned his Eagle Scout Award by creating a prayer garden for his church.</li></ul><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">Asante loved his school and loved to help others. In December of 2014, he presented the concept of caring at a school board meeting. To know Asante was to know someone who not only loved his school but loved to help others.</li></ul><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">Asante attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University and majored in Mechanical Engineering as a Dowdy Scholarship recipient. </li></ul><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">Asante passed away in 2016, but his spirit lives on.</li></ul><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:center;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">His senior quote embodied who he was and what he believed in: <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;line-height:0.7em;text-align:justify;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:22px;text-align:center;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">“Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.” – Kevin Kruse<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:20px;text-align:justify;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">For 2025, the Asante Parkins “Cardinal Spirit” Scholarship Fund will award one (1) scholarship in the amount of $500 to a current senior at <span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology. <span fr-original-style="font-family: arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family:arial, &quot;ｍｓ ｐゴシック&quot;, &quot;ms pgothic&quot;, 돋움, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit">The award will be issued as a personal check to the recipient, to be used at the recipient’s personal discretion. Suggestions for award use include but are not limited to books, tuition, transportation, supplies, etc.

The Parkins Family has graciously provided a brief yet powerful description of Asante Parkins:Asante Parkins was an Engineering student at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology who graduated in 2015. During his time at POB, he was on the swim team, student government, a Student Ambassador, a member of JROTC, American Institute of Architecture Student, BioClub, and POB SMART team. He was honored to be crowned the 2014-2015 Mister POB. Asante earned his Eagle Scout Award by creating a prayer garden for his church.Asante loved his school and loved to help others. In December of 2014, he presented the concept of caring at a school board meeting. To know Asante was to know someone who not only loved his school but loved to help others.Asante attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University and majored in Mechanical Engineering as a Dowdy Scholarship recipient. Asante passed away in 2016, but his spirit lives on.His senior quote embodied who he was and what he believed in: “Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.” – Kevin KruseFor 2025, the Asante Parkins “Cardinal Spirit” Scholarship Fund will award one (1) scholarship in the amount of $500 to a current senior at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology. The award will be issued as a personal check to the recipient, to be used at the recipient’s personal discretion. Suggestions for award use include but are not limited to books, tuition, transportation, supplies, etc.

Asante Parkins Cardinal Spirit Scholarship 2026

🌟 Join us in Creating Change! 🌟 At Phillip O Berry Academy Of Technology Alumni Association, we know that change starts with people like you. Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time brings us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a supportive culture, and a more connected environment for all alumni and future alumni of POB! How you can help power our mission:<ol><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal to provide scholarships for seniors and to assist with resources for the Academy and for alumni events.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and other alumni on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Volunteer: Your time and skills can make an impact too. </li></ol>Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

🌟 Join us in Creating Change! 🌟At Phillip O Berry Academy Of Technology Alumni Association, we know that change starts with people like you. Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time brings us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a supportive culture, and a more connected environment for all alumni and future alumni of POB!How you can help power our mission:Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal to provide scholarships for seniors and to assist with resources for the Academy and for alumni events.Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and other alumni on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.Volunteer: Your time and skills can make an impact too. Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

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