. >> reporter: it's a proud night for parents, vanessa jones' son peter has been in leap since kindergarten. >> it's unreal and unbelievable. >> reporter: they come from the city and from the same neighborhoods that everybody comes, it shows that we can break the cycle of poverty every time you graduate a child and send them to college. sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, you want to check the feert -- freezer for a major summertime treat after a error. >>> hundreds of reinforcements are called in to battle a fire. >> reporter: it's beautiful day the much lower humidity doesn't last long. heat [ michael strahan ] i'm michael strahan, and i love new york. there's no place like it in the world. my favorite thing is the excitement of the outdoors. like rock climbing in the catskills, rafting in the adirondacks, surfing on long island, or getting your heart racing at watkins glen international. come discover your favorite part of new york. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com there's something for everyone. >> firefighter

vanessa jones's son has been here through schooling. >> this is unbelievable a statement there's powneramden. >> they come from the city and same neighborhood everybody comes and it really shows we can break a cycle of povrerty every time you graduate a child and send them to college. >>> and this young people are going all over for college. anne marie, princeton, university of pennsylvania, rowane to name a few and other great things about this, jim, most are going to college on scholarships, leap actually had four million dollars in scholarship money being rewarded to this class alone. the most they've ever had. >> founder said it's breaking a cycle of poverty with excellence. >> yeah it's a great things they're doing. >> thank you so much. >> well, she has been tripped of the crown but now miss delaware organization says amanda longacre will get the keep the scholarship money and other awardsch the organization just realized that longacre was too old for the title. lightningacre didn't do anything wrote and accurately reported her birth date on application so there was a mixup. miss

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