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ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Montessori School students (from left) Addison Holmes, Penelope Walker and Brenlynn Hall, all age 9, search for words on a worksheet at the school on May 19, 2025.

About 15,000 students applied for the Hope Scholarship and will receive full funding for the 2025-26 school year.

Of that total, more than 1,700 are from Kanawha County. 

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Cross Lanes Christian School fourth-graders walk to music class on May 12, 2025.

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Sacred Heart Grade School third-graders are led in prayer by teacher Annie Price (standing at left) during their lunch in the school cafeteria on May 20, 2025.

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