(Pictured left to right. Back: Lily Hackney, Carmela Peeples, Brayden Gentry, Hayes Davis, Thomas Morrow, Baylor Hong. Front: Maggie Bradsher, Lillie McCluskey, Alexis Vander Poppen, Elizabeth Ess, Caroline Cates, Aurora Bettendorf, CeCe Fitzgerald)
On Friday, October 10, Principal Martin recognized 13 high school students for receiving academic honors from The College Board National Recognition Programs during an assembly in the atrium.
These honors are given to high-performing, underrepresented students. To receive recognition, students must meet score requirements on the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, or AP exams, and they must identify as a part of an underrepresented group.
The three national recognition awards these students received were the School Recognition Award, First Generation Recognition Award and Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award. According to The College Board, these awards honor students for the following:
The School Recognition Award honors the top-performing students in high schools nationwide.
The First-Generation Recognition Award honors students on track to be the first in their family to complete college.
The Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award elevates students from high schools in smaller communities that are often less well known by colleges.
The recipients of these awards are below.
Congratulations to these students on all their hard work.
Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award
Aurora Bettendorf
Caroline Cates
Hayes Davis
CeCe Fitzgerald
Brayden Gentry
Baylor Gilliam Hong
Lily Hackney
Lillie McCluskey
Thomas Morrow
Carmela Peeples
Alexis Vander Poppen
School Recognition Award
Aurora Bettendorf
Maggie Bradsher
Caroline Cates
Hayes Davis
Elizabeth Ess
CeCe Fitzgerald
Brayden Gentry
Baylor Gilliam Hong
Lily Hackney
Lillie McCluskey
Thomas Morrow
Carmela Peeples
Alexis Vander Poppen
First-Generation Recognition Award
Brayden Gentry
Lily Hackney
Carmela Peeples