Chisolm and Sainthil are National Achievement Finalists
This year’s senior class at Huntington High School includes many gifted students. Among these talented teenagers are Alexander Chisolm and Samuel Sainthil, who were named finalists in this year’s National Achievement scholarship program.
“We are very proud of these fine young men,” Principal Carmela Leonardi said. The seniors are well-respected by Huntington faculty members and are known as hard working, respectful and considerate.
The finalist designation is an exceptional achievement and places the pair among an elite group of 1,300 seniors across the country. This year’s program drew 150,000 seniors from all 50 states.
The National Achievement program is sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Huntington’s dynamic duo will now vie for financial awards. Recipients will be announced later this month. A total of 700 scholarships worth $2,500 each will be awarded directly by the National Merit Corp. and another 100 corporate scholarships will be presented as part of the annual National Achievement program. The corporate awards will range from one-time scholarships to others that are renewable annually over a four year period.
According to the National Merit website, “The National Achievement scholarship program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding Black American high school students. Black students may enter both the National Achievement Program and the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and meeting other published requirements for participation. The two annual programs are conducted concurrently but operated and funded separately. A student's standing is determined independently in each program. Black American students can qualify for recognition and be honored as Scholars in both the National Merit Program and the National Achievement Program, but can receive only one monetary award from NMSC.”
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