Three Richland One Seniors Named National Achievement Semifinalists

Richland One is pleased to announce that three high-school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2010 National Achievement Scholarship competition.

Dominic M. Boyd and Johanna R. Caple, both students at Dreher High School, and Steven T. Moore of Lower Richland High School are among 45 African-American seniors in 30 South Carolina public high schools and 1,600 seniors nationwide to achieve this honor.

The National Achievement Scholarship Program is operated by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The program began in 1964 to recognize outstanding African-American students.

This year’s National Achievement semifinalists qualify to continue in the competition for some 800 scholarships worth more than $2.6 million. Semifinalists were chosen based on their performance on the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Semifinalists are designated within geographic regions and are the highest-scoring program entrants in the states that make up each region.

After the finalists are named, National Achievement Scholars will be selected from that group based on their abilities, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Scholarship winners will be announced in April 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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