Prichard Prep Named National Semifinalist

PRICHARD, Ala. — Mel Washington, regional manager of the Alabama SBDC Network, told BBN that Prichard Preparatory School is one of the semifinalists for the Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless (STOP) Education. Among only 32 of approximately 2,700 applicants, the school will receive at least a $200,000 STOP Award grant and will vie for six $250,000 awards, as well as the $1-million Yass Prizes, the winner of which will be announced on December 14. “A new Yass Prize platform and three-week virtual accelerator will help all applicants coalesce to learn from one another, as well as entrepreneurs, technology leaders and investors,” Forbes, an award partner, reported.