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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that, Joshua Boor and Stephen Hanson, Park Vista High School seniors have been recognized as a national Merit Semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This academically talented high school senior has an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $36 million, that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

More than 1.5 million juniors in over 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Program by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

To become a Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. The Semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, which includes the student’s self-descriptive essay and information about the Semifinalist’s participation and leadership pin school and community activities.

Approximately 15,000 Semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level and it is from this group that all National Merit Scholarship winners will be chosen. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

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application for Bright Futures until after December 1 st of their senior year.

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND

The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) announces the release of our new, integrated registration and resume system at www.uncfsp.org/register Each year UNCFSP provides hundreds of thousands of dollars to support underserved and underrepresented populations, including minority institutions, faculty, and students.

Our new registration and resume system is your portal to these opportunities, including:

Scholarships
Fellowships
Internships
Grants
Research Awards
Employment
Contract Work
Professional Development
Other Opportunities

By registering and providing your resume, you will receive the following:

Automatic notification about open opportunities that match your level and interests
Facilitated application process for any/all open opportunities
Notification about professional development and other opportunities
Quarterly newsletter

Go to www.uncfsp.org/register now! We currently have multiple open opportunities, and more are coming soon! Winter/Spring is our main recruitment time for workforce development awards, including fellowships and internships. We strongly encourage ALL students, faculty, and professionals to sign up now!

Questions? Please contact us at registration@uncfsp.org

AP SCHOLAR AWARDS

     One Hundred and Three Students at Park Vista Community High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.
     The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.7 million worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
     Students took AP Exams in May 2009 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams.
            Three students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are:

Anson Contreras
David Mansen
Morgan Shafter

Twenty-Six students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are:

Enrique Arco
Joshua Boor
Megan Brown
Cara Buchicchio
Charles Caraccio
Christopher Ceresa
Anson Contreras
Jennifer Farrell
Kaitlyn Gallagher
Bradley Ganoe
Alberto Gonzalez
Matthew Gorstein
Stephan Hanson
Arielle Horowitz
Michael Koester
David Mansen
Jorge Nunez
Matthew Paymer
Jessica Rohani
Priscille Schettini
Arrie Selva
Morgan Shafter
Terin Stock
Andrew Tormo
Kevin Valade
De-Vaughn Williams

Thirteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are:
Jasmine Atwell
Suzanne Behrman
Eric Boor
Nicholas Filamini
Mylissa Fraser
Caitlin Hall
Rachel Kengle
Erica Kramer
David Mittel
Leslie Settembre
Raisa Uddin
Alexandra Wadford
Taylor Welsh

Seventeen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by earning grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. These students are:
Tiffany Alfonso
Audrey Amarquaye
Leanne Bassaragh
Jessica Bello
Fred Bien-aime
Rachel Bobich
Stephanie Bou-ghannam
Rico Casagrande
Randy Chaverri
Kendall Clark
Anthony Dardano
Tiffany Dawson
Kelsey Divita
Nicholas Gadberry
Byron Gomez
Stephanie Gopie
Eric Greene Ryan Hristovsky
Chelsea Iannuzzi
Jessica Inman
Augusta Lahrsdoerfer
Adam Jeraci
Megan Klein
Garrett Krivicich
Jenny Kwong
Lisa Kysia
Samantha Lakhia
Adam Lichtenstein
Marcie Lieberman
Iesha Lubin
Derek Martin
David McDougal
Kate McMillon
Carlysle McNaught
Cooper Melton
Shayna Milowe
Tyler Moses
Richard Netzley
Kaitlyn OConnor
Alexis Paneque
Kiana Parsons
Cyndi Poon
Daniel Romeo
Katya Ruszcyk
Melissa Saunders
Patrick Schuh
Jessica Singer
Thomas Soloman
Adrian Stephens
Justin Stephens
Joseph Tampas
Nicole Tarantino
Marc Thomas
Chelsea Trynz
Renee Vaizburd
Sage Velazquez
Dennis Villanueva
Kristin Wegner
Samantah Wiley
Luis Wilson
Samantha Zinnes
Davis, Kristen
Diehr, Jessica
Fogarty, Timothy
Kennedy, Alyssa
Mackenzie, Heather
Monastra, Ashley
Nanna, Joseph
Paradise, Courtney
Preece, Carson
Rhoades-Diliberti, Lauren
Sanchez, Hernando
Zaremby, Alixandra

Nine students qualified for AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average of 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are:
Baca, Alexandria
Demott, Eric
Freire, Rochelle
Maselli, Lauren
Papoulis, Heather
Peterson, Ashley
Tormo, Jennifer
Wood, Kelly
Worhach, Katherine

Five students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are:

Anderson, Robert
Nanna, Emily
Paneque, Adrianna
Stern, Jenna
Wasserstrom, Scott

On behalf of Park Vista Community High School we share pride in the accomplishments of these students and their teachers. Congratulations to these students and their teachers.