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Scholarship programs recognizes 76 KISD students
From staff reports
By taking the preliminary SAT test, 76 students in the Katy Independent School District have received academic recognition through the National Merit Scholarship program.
To be eligible for the various recognitions and scholarships through the program, high school students take the PSAT test prior to their junior year to evaluate their skills in critical reading, mathematics and writing skills.
Those with the tops scores and high grade point averages become eligible for the scholarships.
National Merit Scholarship
Out of the 1.5 million students that enter the National Merit program each year, those with the top scores are selected for the scholarship program.
The process begins to narrow down to 50,000 students who receive program recognition; then 34,000 are named commended students followed by 16,000 named semi-finalists.
Only 8,200 will receive scholarships, according to the program’s Web site.
The finalists will be eligible to receive one of three awards, the $2,500 Merit Scholarship, a corporate-sponsored scholarship or a college-sponsored scholarship.
Students that aren’t finalists, but still have high scores could land one of the 1,500 Special Scholarships provided by corporations and business organizations.
The semi-finalists are:
Cinco Ranch High School: Joshua Carroll, Sean Cattanach, Joy Chen, Jaimie Chung, Xin Ya Chuong, Rahul Devroy, Oliver Hatfield, Alexander Lee, Yo Li, Siyue Liu, Michael Luo, Thomas Malone, Kevin Meloy, Brett Morris, Jeffrey Nelson, Hans Peng, Rahul Rekki, Leighton Schlanger, Lydia Shen, Boying Shui and Isaiah Smith
Katy High School: Kristina Miller and William Schievelbein
Morton Ranch High School: Oluwashina Arala
Seven Lakes High School: Olaluwatoni Alimi, Austin Borden, Daniel Brown, Erin Flattery, Lauren Hendrickson, Terry Huang, Douglas Ilijev, Melanie Kong, Sunny Lai, James Lamey, Ao Meng and Rose Thomas
Taylor High School: Connie Chan, Christine Chang, Becky Choung, Dina Consolino, Nicole Cordner, Samantha Darnell, Nikhita Garg, Dhrumil Mehta, Aprameya Mysore, Steven Pan, Rachel Sayers, Hillary Walker and Jeffrey Zhao
National Hispanic Recognition Program
This scholarship program is specifically for Hispanic and Latino students.
Students must meet a state-specified cutoff score and maintain a minimum grad point average of 3.0.
According to the Web site, the program provides academic recognition but no guaranteed scholarship money.
“The program sends a list of all recognized students to subscribing colleges and universities that are particularly interested in academically outstanding seniors of Hispanic/Latino heritage,” the Web site said.
Many state schools across the nation provide money to students considered National Hispanic Scholars.
Each year nearly 5,000 students are named in the National Hispanic Recognition Program.
The semi-finalists are:
Cinco Ranch High School: Alexander Buddenbaum, Tobin Gelbs and Jaclyn Gonzales
Katy High School: Andrew Moreno
Mayde Creek High School: Franklin Gomez, Emily Pitter and Nina Quinones
Seven Lakes High School: Luis Baston, Christina Castillo, David Garcia, Lina Hidalgo, Errika Romero, Cynthia Salazar, Zachary Smalls and Brittney Valdez
Taylor High School: Ruel Bobet, Sergio Camargo, Miguel Antonio Curo, Victor Magdaniel-Salas, Danielle Marin and James Sadler
National Achievement Scholar
The scholarship program, specifically for Black students, sees 150,000 applicants yearly.
Of those who apply, approximately 4,700 students are honored.
Each year 3,100 students are named Outstanding Participants and their names are forwarded to selected colleges noting their academic success.
A smaller group of about 1,600 students become semi-finalists and 1,300 of these will become finalists.
Of these students 800 will become scholarship winners, receiving a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship or a corportate-sponsored scholarship.
The semi-finalists are:
Cinco Ranch High School: Joshua Usoro
Mayde Creek High School: Oyeniyi Oyetunji
Taylor High School: Julie Anne Akwari, Tristian De Leon, Brandon Jones
An additional Merit Scholarship finalist’s name was withheld due to privacy considerations.
For more information about the PSAT test or merit scholarships visit:
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html
http://www.nationalmerit.org
To be eligible for the various recognitions and scholarships through the program, high school students take the PSAT test prior to their junior year to evaluate their skills in critical reading, mathematics and writing skills.
Those with the tops scores and high grade point averages become eligible for the scholarships.
National Merit Scholarship
Out of the 1.5 million students that enter the National Merit program each year, those with the top scores are selected for the scholarship program.
The process begins to narrow down to 50,000 students who receive program recognition; then 34,000 are named commended students followed by 16,000 named semi-finalists.
Only 8,200 will receive scholarships, according to the program’s Web site.
The finalists will be eligible to receive one of three awards, the $2,500 Merit Scholarship, a corporate-sponsored scholarship or a college-sponsored scholarship.
Students that aren’t finalists, but still have high scores could land one of the 1,500 Special Scholarships provided by corporations and business organizations.
The semi-finalists are:
Cinco Ranch High School: Joshua Carroll, Sean Cattanach, Joy Chen, Jaimie Chung, Xin Ya Chuong, Rahul Devroy, Oliver Hatfield, Alexander Lee, Yo Li, Siyue Liu, Michael Luo, Thomas Malone, Kevin Meloy, Brett Morris, Jeffrey Nelson, Hans Peng, Rahul Rekki, Leighton Schlanger, Lydia Shen, Boying Shui and Isaiah Smith
Katy High School: Kristina Miller and William Schievelbein
Morton Ranch High School: Oluwashina Arala
Seven Lakes High School: Olaluwatoni Alimi, Austin Borden, Daniel Brown, Erin Flattery, Lauren Hendrickson, Terry Huang, Douglas Ilijev, Melanie Kong, Sunny Lai, James Lamey, Ao Meng and Rose Thomas
Taylor High School: Connie Chan, Christine Chang, Becky Choung, Dina Consolino, Nicole Cordner, Samantha Darnell, Nikhita Garg, Dhrumil Mehta, Aprameya Mysore, Steven Pan, Rachel Sayers, Hillary Walker and Jeffrey Zhao
National Hispanic Recognition Program
This scholarship program is specifically for Hispanic and Latino students.
Students must meet a state-specified cutoff score and maintain a minimum grad point average of 3.0.
According to the Web site, the program provides academic recognition but no guaranteed scholarship money.
“The program sends a list of all recognized students to subscribing colleges and universities that are particularly interested in academically outstanding seniors of Hispanic/Latino heritage,” the Web site said.
Many state schools across the nation provide money to students considered National Hispanic Scholars.
Each year nearly 5,000 students are named in the National Hispanic Recognition Program.
The semi-finalists are:
Cinco Ranch High School: Alexander Buddenbaum, Tobin Gelbs and Jaclyn Gonzales
Katy High School: Andrew Moreno
Mayde Creek High School: Franklin Gomez, Emily Pitter and Nina Quinones
Seven Lakes High School: Luis Baston, Christina Castillo, David Garcia, Lina Hidalgo, Errika Romero, Cynthia Salazar, Zachary Smalls and Brittney Valdez
Taylor High School: Ruel Bobet, Sergio Camargo, Miguel Antonio Curo, Victor Magdaniel-Salas, Danielle Marin and James Sadler
National Achievement Scholar
The scholarship program, specifically for Black students, sees 150,000 applicants yearly.
Of those who apply, approximately 4,700 students are honored.
Each year 3,100 students are named Outstanding Participants and their names are forwarded to selected colleges noting their academic success.
A smaller group of about 1,600 students become semi-finalists and 1,300 of these will become finalists.
Of these students 800 will become scholarship winners, receiving a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship or a corportate-sponsored scholarship.
The semi-finalists are:
Cinco Ranch High School: Joshua Usoro
Mayde Creek High School: Oyeniyi Oyetunji
Taylor High School: Julie Anne Akwari, Tristian De Leon, Brandon Jones
An additional Merit Scholarship finalist’s name was withheld due to privacy considerations.
For more information about the PSAT test or merit scholarships visit:
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html
http://www.nationalmerit.org
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