Alaina Jefferson graduated from The Steward School in 2022 and currently attends Vanderbilt University. She is a "Steward Lifer" — a Spartan who attended Steward from JK/K through 12. As a rising ninth grader, Alaina received the Debbie Robson Merit Scholarship, which provides four years of full Upper School tuition to a rising ninth grader who is new to Steward. Recipients are chosen on the basis of academic distinction and extracurricular involvement in areas such as athletics, arts, innovation, or community service. 𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 50𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦-𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘴. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦! 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗢𝗨...