"The Cleveland Scholarship Program will help more than 1,750 students this year by giving out $2.5 million in college assistance," The Plain Dealer reports. "The organization recognized 550 first-time recipients Monday at a ceremony at the Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's PlayhouseSquare. The students can renew their scholarships three more years if they perform well at school. More than 1,200 students are having their scholarships renewed this year, according to officials from the program. Most of the new students just graduated from high school."