College Board Recognizes PHHS Student
September 04, 2022
(Pleasant Hill, IL)– The College Board released the 2022 recipients of awards with the goal of representing underrepresented students with academic honors.
The College Board are recognizing students in the following categories – National African American Recognition Award (NAARA), National Hispanic Recognition Award (NHRA), National Rural and Small-Town Award (NRSTA), National Indigenous Award (NIA).
PHHS Senior, Carter Dolbeare, received recognigion in the NRSTA category.
Students must have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT), the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), the PSAT 10, or earned a score of three or higher on two or more Advanced Placement (AP) exams.
Students eligible for the scholarship must be African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, and/or attend school in a rural area or small town.
The College Board website points out this is not a scholarship, but “students can include this academic honor in their college and scholarship applications.”