{"id":6297,"date":"2021-02-03T15:41:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=6297"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T15:41:28","slug":"from-spectrum-news-1-tv-7th-grader-at-fort-bragg-wins-top-prize-in-you-made-the-grade-sweepstakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2021\/02\/03\/from-spectrum-news-1-tv-7th-grader-at-fort-bragg-wins-top-prize-in-you-made-the-grade-sweepstakes\/","title":{"rendered":"From Spectrum News 1 TV: 7th Grader at Fort Bragg Wins Top Prize in You Made the Grade Sweepstakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2021\/02\/03\/from-spectrum-news-1-tv-7th-grader-at-fort-bragg-wins-top-prize-in-you-made-the-grade-sweepstakes\/presentation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Presentation-e1612366692589.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Presentation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Presentation-e1612366692589.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Presentation-e1612366692589.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"wp-image-6299 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Presentation-e1612366692589.jpg\" alt=\"You Made the Grade winner\" width=\"282\" height=\"212\" \/>FORT BRAGG, N.C. &#8212;\u00a0A 7<sup>th<\/sup>-grader on Fort Bragg was the lucky recipient of $2,000 all because she kept her grades up. The prize comes from the You Made the Grade sweepstakes. It&#8217;s a program that rewards children of service members from 1<sup>st<\/sup> grade through high school the keep at least a B average in school. Almost 500 military students from around the world qualified for the drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Sara says at first she didn&#8217;t believe that she actually won $2,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaCenterPlayer.aspx?u=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhY2VudGVyLnR2ZXllcy5jb20vZG93bmxvYWRnYXRld2F5LmFzcHg%2FVXNlcklEPTg2MTE5NiZNRElEPTE0NDg3NDk0Jk1EU2VlZD0yOTgyJlR5cGU9TWVkaWE%3D\">full Spectrum News 1 story<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORT BRAGG, N.C. &#8212;\u00a0A 7th-grader on Fort Bragg was the lucky recipient of $2,000 all because she kept her grades up. The prize comes from the You Made the Grade sweepstakes. It&#8217;s a program that rewards children of service members from 1st grade through high school the keep at least a B average in school. 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