April 8, 2021
Sussex Academy junior Mikayla Dayton has been selected as a 2021 Carson Scholar.
With this honor, Dayton will receive a $1,000 scholarship that will be invested for her college education.
The Carson Scholar fund awards scholarships to students in grades 4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to serving their communities. Students must be nominated by a school educator, have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and display humanitarian qualities.
In the last two years, Dayton, a Seaford resident, has participated in numerous extracurricular activities both in and out of school: Team member for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Service Project; Sussex Academy El Club de Español, student teacher; Miss Seaford 2019; 2021 Miss Delaware’s Outstanding Teen candidate; Sussex Academy Cooking Club founder; Sussex Academy Drama Club, head costume designer; Sussex Academy Creative Writing Club, president and founder; Sussex Academy Green Team, social media manager; Sussex Academy Class of 2022 Council vice president, historian; Sussex Academy National Honor Society; Sussex Academy Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society; Possum Juniors, artistic committee member; and Youth in Government, press delegate.