The National Achievement Scholarship Program has announced the names of more than 1,600 semifinalists in the 48th annual competition.
New Century Technology High School: Braxton J. Baugh
The National Achievement Scholarship Program was initiated in 1964 to recognize academically promising black students and to provide scholarships. This year's semifinalists will compete for approximately 800 scholarships worth more than $2.4 million to be awarded next spring.
More than 160,000 high school juniors requested consideration in the 2012 National Achievement Program when they took the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Semifinalists were designated within geographic regions and are the highest-scoring program entrants in the states that make up each region.
Stewart Thorson, Principal
