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Eight Seniors Receive College Board National Recognition
Casady School is proud to announce that eight seniors earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Program.
The program celebrates the hard work of thousands of high school students nationwide to help them showcase their strong academic performance.
This academic honor recognizes first-generation students, in addition to rural and small town, Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic/or Latino students. The program opens college access for more students as many institutions use the awards for their recruitment efforts.
Casady's awardees are:
Caroline Anderson, National Hispanic Recognition
Kalia Brown, National First-Generation Recognition, National Indigenous Recognition
Joshua Goggins, National African American Recognition
Preston Hobson, National First-Generation Recognition
Samuel Rhoades, National Indigenous Recognition
Tess Rhoades, National Indigenous Recognition
Addison Starling, National Indigenous Recognition
Damian Zheng, National First-Generation Recognition
Kalia Brown, National First-Generation Recognition, National Indigenous Recognition
Joshua Goggins, National African American Recognition
Preston Hobson, National First-Generation Recognition
Samuel Rhoades, National Indigenous Recognition
Tess Rhoades, National Indigenous Recognition
Addison Starling, National Indigenous Recognition
Damian Zheng, National First-Generation Recognition
Eligible students must meet the following criteria to qualify:
- Earn a GPA of B+ (equal to at least 3.3 or 87%-89%) or higher.
- PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 assessment scores that are within the top 10% of assessment takers in each state for each award program or earned a score of 3 or higher on 2 or more AP Exams by the end of 10th grade.
- Attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, Indigenous/Native American, or a first-generation college student.
Over 35,000 students nationwide received the inaugural National First-Generation Recognition Program Award.
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