There are lots of different scholarships at lots of different colleges, but UT selects 14 students to have the whole kit-and-kaboodle paid for. The Forty Acres Scholarship was new last year, and Lake Highlands’ own Rachel Larson is a proud 2012 recipient, just announced by the Texas Exes.

In addition to tuition and fees, the scholarship package includes books, living expenses and priority housing in honors residence halls. She’ll also be covered for study abroad, internships and public service experiences.

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International travel won’t be new for Rachel. She and her family moved to Lima, Peru for five years while her dad worked on a pipeline project for Hunt Oil. She attended the International Christian School of Lima before she came to LHHS with her twin sister. Erin, also headed to UT, received an Exchange Club scholarship last week and will collect her LH Women’s League scholarship May 18.

Rachel plans to study architecture as part of the Plan II honors program. Congratulations Rachel and Erin!

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  • Carol Toler

    Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.