Pulaski County Public Schools

The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors, the County Administrator and Assistant County Administrator, along with the help of a few other committed local government leaders, continue to fulfil their vision of fostering local leadership development and bolstering service to the community through personal sponsorship of their Lead Through Service Scholarship.

“It remains a personal goal to personally invest in developing our next generation of local leaders and nurture a mindset in our youth of continued service to their community,” stated Jonathan D. Sweet, County Administrator.  “The continued success of our County depends on cultivating future local leaders that will one day be equipped to serve Pulaski County as our business leaders, our nurses, our teachers, our first responders, our entrepreneurs and our community’s volunteers.”

The competitive and most prestigious local scholarship in the New River Valley, is awarded to a graduating Pulaski County High School student who demonstrates leadership through serving their community and plans to continue to contribute to the community upon the completion of their formal education.  The annual scholarship can be utilized for any two-year or four-year institution or technical degree program.

The annual competitive scholarship is funded personally by each individual member of the Board of Supervisors as well as the County Administrator, Assistant County Administrator and a few local government leaders and County staff who share in the important vision of local leadership development.  There are NO taxpayer’s monies involved with this scholarship and personal contributions are entirely voluntary.  The members of the Board of Supervisors are as follows:  Laura Walters, Chair; Dirk Compton, Vice Chair; Jeff Reeves, Chris Stafford and Mike Mooney.  The County Administrator is Jonathan D. Sweet and the Assistant County Administrator is Anthony Akers.  The Scholarship has provided more than $26,500.00 in awards to graduating seniors of Pulaski County High School since its inception in 2019.

Previous Lead Through Service Scholarship recipients are Ms. Breanna Lytton - 2019, Ms. Jaelyn Szerokman - 2020, Ms. Alex Turner and Ms. Ashlyn Kirtner - 2021, Ms. Gwendolyn Puckett – 2022, Ms. Tori Vest and Ms. Kaitlin Ervine – 2023, Ms. Clara Worley – 2024, and Carter Smith – 2025.