2023 Scholarship Winner
Bailey Thomas
Bailey hails from Glen St. Mary, Florida and will be attending Florida State University in the fall. She has attended FSDB since 7th grade. Besides maintaining a 4.0 average throughout her enrollment she was also president of her 10th, 11th, and 12th classes. She was the student representative to the SUBSAC and SAC and Chief editor and a founding member of the FSDB yearbook. Bailey participated in many other activities at FSDB. Since 6th grade, she has worked with animals as a volunteer.
Her passion is to help people through animals as she strongly feels she found her true purpose because of her experiences with animals. Her goal is to get a master’s degree in social work. Once that goal is met, she plans on getting certified in animal-assisted therapy. Then open a practice or consultant service to hospitals, schools, etc. After reading her glowing essay, this young lady is very focused and has a history of reaching her goals.