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title: Rock Island High School graduate earns GritGrant entrepreneurial award
description: "A Rock Island High School graduate received the \"McKenzie Foundation & Uncharted Learning 2023 GritGrant award,\" alongside $2,500 from the foundation."
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# [Rock Island High School graduate earns GritGrant entrepreneurial award](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/rock-island-high-school-graduate-earns-gritgrant-entrepreneurial-award)

 Written by [Olivia Allen](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/author/olivia-allen) | 08.29.23

Daivari Rogers, a [Rock Island High School](https://rihs.rimsd41.org/) Class of 2023 graduate, was one of four people nationwide to receive the "McKenzie Foundation & Uncharted Learning 2023 GritGrant award," alongside $2,500 from the foundation. 

Any student enrolled in their high school's [INCubatoredu](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/student-programs/incubatoredu-high-school-entrepreneurship) entrepreneurial programs and/or the [MobileMakersEdu](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/student-programs/mobilemakersedu) coding programs can be nominated for the award. Rocky is the only high school with an INCubatoredu program to have [multiple winners](https://rihs.rimsd41.org/apps/news/article/1474314) of the GritGrant award.

Rogers was nominated by his INCubatoredu class instructor, Trish Matson, and returned to Rocky on Monday, Aug. 28, to receive the award.

[View full post](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/rock-island-high-school-graduate-earns-gritgrant-entrepreneurial-award)

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