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NCHS Students Awarded at Annual Senior Recognition Assembly
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Friday marked New Canaan High School’s annual Senior Recognition Ceremony, where emcee Assistant Principal Ari Rothman awarded outstanding Juniors and seniors for their various achievements. Congratulations to all— what follows is a brief description of awards and their corresponding recipients:
National Merit Finalist
Each year more than a million high school students participate in the National Merit Scholarship testing program. Of this group, only one-half of one percent in each state is recognized as “National Merit Finalists,” a designation that comes only as a result of a record of distinguished achievement and a high potential for continued academic accomplishment. CAROLINE CALLAHAN
LEIGH CHARLTON
National Hispanic Scholar
The National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) identifies academically outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students. Each year, the NHRP honors nearly 5,000 of the highest-scoring students from the approximately 235,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the PSAT/NMSQT
EVA PACE
Fairfield County Association of Secondary Schools Principal’s Scholar Leader Awards
CAROLINE CALLAHAN
LUKE STEWART
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education Student Leadership Award
An ability to recognize the needs of others, a willingness to take on difficult challenges and a capacity for making difficult decisions, ability to work with and direct others, and the ability to honor commitments – these are the attributes for which this award was established.