Tribal Citizen Earns President’s Education Award

Submitted by Wende Malik

NAPLES — Congratulations to Bryce Monroe Osceola, 11, of the Naples community. Bryce graduated from fifth grade at Vineyards Elementary School in Naples at the end of May and received the President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence.

Students are eligible to receive this award if they maintain a 3.2 or higher overall GPA and a passing score on the FCAT. This award is personally signed by the President of the United States George Bush.

Bryce also finished her fifth grade year on the honor roll and was a year-long member of the Vineyards News Crew, which broadcast a daily morning TV show to the entire school. Bryce participated as a news anchor and also worked the camera equipment.

Bryce was an active basketball player during the school year, playing for the local YMCA teams year-round. She also said she enjoys watching her cousin, Dakota Osceola, play on the local Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Basketball Team, called Explosion. Bryce hopes to follow her cousin Dakota’s lead and join the AAU team this fall.

Bryce is the daughter of Naples Tribal Liaison O.B. Osceola Jr. and Wende Malik, both of the Naples community.