Parker High School Teacher, Huffman High Student Win Nextgen Competition

By Barnett WrightThe Birmingham Times

Kaleena Watts, who teaches American literature in A.H. Parker High School’s English Department, and Jarvis Prewitt, a 16-year-old Huffman High School junior, won the teacher and student categories, respectively, in the NextGen Pitch Competition at the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama building in downtown Birmingham. Watts and Prewitt each won a $5,000 first prize.

Other winners in the competition were teachers Shauntae Lockett-Lewis, Minor Elementary, second place, $1,500; and Christina Sellers, Huffman Academy, third place, $1,000. In the student category, Kamil Goodman, Parker High, won a second-place prize of $1,500.

The winners were among dozens of students and teachers who earlier this year submitted application essays that incorporated the following statement: “Birmingham’s bright future depends on … .” A panel of judges narrowed the submissions to finalists who were then paired with mentors from partner companies to help perfect the ideas and possibly make them realities.Watts, partnered with Valeria Walton Cornner of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, proposed a district-wide student news outlet created for students by students.

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