Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee Alabama

Zachary Bernard Lake, 14 years of age

Zachary Bernard Lake, 14 years of age had the opportunity to attend Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee Alabama as a scholar for the 2009 AriTREK/SciTREK Summer Program. This program is to prepare next generation students that are interested in becoming Research Scientist or Engineers. Students were selected based on GPA, Standardized Test Scores and Teacher Recommendation. Forty top students from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina were selected to attend. Zachary was the only student selected from South Carolina. Zachary was able to do research on Genetic Diversity of Cowpea using DNA Markers. While at the camp students attend seminars in leadership, money management and life skills. Students traveled to Atlanta Georgia to tour “The America I Am” Exhibit by Tavis Smiley.

Zachary will be a rising freshman at Eastside High School in Taylors South Carolina this fall. He is the son of Gerald and Angela Lake, brother of Kayla Lake and grandson of the late Forest “Pig” Lake and Mary Ann Lake. Zachary plays football and wrestles for Eastside High School.

Respectfully Submitted,

News from Gerald and Angela Lake of the Greenville, SC Chapter