Eleven District Students Named Semifinalists In 2013 National Achievement Scholarship Program

Eleven District students are among more than 1,600 Black American high school seniors who have been designated Semifinalists in the 49th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program.  The announcement was made by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (nmsc) officials. These scholastically talented young men and women now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 800 Achievement Scholarship® awards worth more than $2.5 million that will be offered next spring.

The students and schools are:

ALEXANDER W. DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Alexandre, Toree E.

Brown, Melina C.

McCoy, Breana D.

ATLANTIC COMMUNITY H. S.

Myrthil, Jenny

JUPITER COMMUNITY H. S.

Walters, Matthew A.

ROYAL PALM BEACH COMMUNITY H. S.

Sharpe, Roxsian F.

SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY H. S.

Huggins-James, Dara M.

SUNCOAST COMMUNITY H. S.

Abu, Yaw O.

Coates, Thomas Jewell

Elie, Uriel J.

Picart, Jamila K.