Nikolas

Nikolas is a young man whose single mom has carefully explained why he’s in a private school. “She said I would get a better education here. And better teachers and classmates too. I like all my classes, but Social Studies is the best. Your scholarship really helps us.”

“My grandma lives with us,” he explains, “and has had four surgeries on her hip. Then my mom was in a bad car accident and it messed up her spinal cord. She’s disabled now and has had 13 surgeries. She’s having some problems again and just found out her back is still broken. I have to get ice packs for her constant pain.”

The principal of his ACE partner school confirms the story and explains that in addition to earning solid grades, the ever-cheerful Nikolas cooks, cleans and after dinner mows lawns to help the family make ends meet.

Nikolas has a personal goal to become a surgeon to help people like his mom.

He just turned ten.