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City of Fayetteville Website North Carolina - FCYC students look to future after Senior Night event 20 May 2022 ( news )
City of Fayetteville Website , state North Carolina ( By Press Release office)
May 20,2022
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( Fayetteville , N . C . ) – Fayetteville - Cumberland Youth Council ( FCYC ) 2022 seniors are ready to change the world . Their parents , families and friends gathered for a Senior Night celebration on Wednesday at the FCYC Office .
Among the 20 graduating FCYC seniors , three students have full rides to North Carolina colleges: Duke University , UNC - Chapel Hill and Wingate University . Altogether , the seniors were awarded a total of more than $670 , 000 in academic scholarships . Over the past year , FCYC students have completed multiple community service and educational activities including: an anti - litter campaign , Kindness Matters Spirit Week , a pledge to stand against teen dating violence , Veteran’s Takeover Week social media posts about military life , adopted four teens and presented them with gifts during the holidays , worked with younger students to create Christmas cards for veterans and a suicide prevention campaign with words of encouragement placed throughout the community .
The FCYC 2022 Senior Night was a successful send off with Cross Creek Early College senior , Asia Murchison , delivering the farewell speech to those who attended . Murchison spoke about life after graduation , the accomplishments of her fellow FCYC seniors and explained how FCYC positively changed her life . FCYC member and Cumberland Polytechnic High School graduate Hezekiah Bryant , who will attend North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University ( NC A&T ) , shared his advice during the reflections part of the ceremony .
“Your past only determines your future , if you allow it to take over your present , ” Bryant said .
FCYC seniors received yard signs with their photos as parting gifts . Photos of the yard signs and senior night pictures are available on the
City of Fayetteville Flickr
page . Attendees also learned that FCYC senior Jasmine - Jean Baptiste was named Valedictorian at Cumberland Polytechnic High School .
FCYC students have initiated good works throughout Fayetteville and Cumberland County and now they will open new chapters here and across the United States . Recently , FCYC received the 2022 Most Outstanding Youth Council award at the State Youth Council Spring Convention in Raleigh . “I’m so proud of the class of 2022 , ” Fayetteville - Cumberland Youth Development & Cultural Arts Program Coordinator Crystal Glover said . “I never say goodbye just see you later . I’m so excited to see how they will bloom in the future . ”
The graduating FCYC class includes students who aspire to become social workers , psychologists , entrepreneurs and even a public relations coordinator . If you see these seniors in the community , please say hello .
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