Yotam Ghebre is continuing at Georgia Tech.

Antoinette Charles now attends Georgia State.

by Kysa Anderson Daniels

Two Georgia Perimeter students received prestigious national scholarships to continue their collegate pursuits.

Yotam Ghebre and Antoinette Charles are among only 1,000 students nationally to receive a 2015 Gates Millennium scholarship, funded by a $1.6 billion grant from Bill and Melinda Gates.

More than 50,000 applicants vied for the scholarships, which help high-performing, low-income students attend any college they wish on full scholarship until they receive their doctorate, if desired.

Ghebre was among the 30 DeKalb Early College Academy students who graduated from high school and Georgia Perimeter simultaneously in May.

He is continuing his education as a computer engineering major at Georgia Tech. His older brother, Naud, graduated from DECA in 2014 and already attends Tech, while two younger brothers are DECA students.

Charles, a 4.0 student while at Georgia Perimeter, is now majoring in biology at Georgia State University.