Five students signed contracts to become REACH scholars in a ceremony last week at Dawson County Junior High School with parents, local officials and school board members on hand. REACH, Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen, is a needs-based mentorship and scholarship program that is statewide and is administered by the Georgia Student Finance Authority. It is part of the Complete College Georgia Initiative. Gov. Nathan Deal launched the program that begins in middle school in 2012. This past spring, the first class of REACH participants graduated high school.