Shaker Heights Class of 2016 MAC Scholars Honored

(Photo by Caydie Heller)

The 2015-2016 MAC Scholars were honored Thursday. The latest class of 11 scholars upholds the program’s 26-year tradition of students helping students.

“What you all are doing is huge,” said keynote speaker Dr. Bradford L. Picot, ’98, a dentist and MAC Alumni Scholar. “You’re setting yourself up for greater things to come.”

This year’s MAC Scholars presented a jacket to Interim Principal James Reed III, declaring him an honorary MAC Scholar for life.

The Minority Achievement Committee, known informally as the MAC Scholars Program, is a student-led program aimed at improving the academic achievement of African-American males at Shaker Heights High School. Widely emulated by schools all over the United States, the program was initiated by high-achieving African-American students in 1990 and continues to be led by high-achieving juniors and seniors. Key elements of the program include goal setting, mentoring, help with study skills, use of the academic support resources available at the High School, and public recognition of academic improvement.

The 2015-2016 MAC Scholars are:

Munyr Abdul-Khaliq
Xavier Aniton
Joshua Elmore
Donald Goins
Antonio Gonzalez
Davionne Gooden
Khrisarean Irons
Matthew Mahoney
Matthew McMillan
David Peck
Jaylan Turner