CCSD News and Announcements
For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
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May 2, 2011
Jay Dillon (770) 426-3345
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Cobb County Seniors Awarded National Merit,
National Achievement Scholarships
Fifteen seniors in Cobb County’s graduating class of 2011 were
named winners of National Merit and National Achievement scholarships. The
privately-funded National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) conducts the
two annual recognition and scholarship programs each year, initially based
on students’ performance on the PSAT/NMSQT.
Only 2,500 students are selected
for $2,500 National Merit Scholarships from the pool of 15,000 finalists
nationwide. A committee of college admissions officers and high school
counselors select scholarship winners who display the strongest combination
of accomplishments, skills and academic potential. Five Cobb seniors are
among the 2011 honorees, including:
Glenn T. Shrum – Harrison High School –
Probable career field: Journalism
Abubakar Abid – Walton High School –
Probable career field: Computer science
Alex M. Li – Walton High School –
Probable career field: Pediatrics
Anthony E. Altshul – Wheeler High School –
Probable career field: Medicine
Michelle Lee – Wheeler High School –
Probable career field: Biology
Three Cobb seniors received
corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards from business partners
of the NMSC. Corporate sponsors provide scholarships for approximately 1,000
National Merit Finalists who are children of their employees, residents of
communities served by the companies, or who plan to pursue studies the
sponsor wishes to encourage. The Cobb recipients are:
Varija Agarwal –
Walton High School – Probable career field: Nuclear/Radiological Engineering
- National Merit Southern Company Scholarship
Guido Bacce – Lassiter High
School – Probable career field: Business - National Merit Dow Chemical
Company Scholarship
Daniel P. Valdez – Kennesaw Mountain High School –
Probable career field: Engineering - National Merit Marsh & McClennan
Companies Scholarship
The National Achievement Scholarship program is
designed to recognize academically promising Black students throughout the
U.S. and to provide scholarships to the most outstanding participants. Seven
outstanding Cobb seniors were named among just 800 nationwide award winners,
including:
Lauren E. Brown – Campbell High School – Probable career field:
Radio/television
Brianna M. Chambers – Campbell High School – Probable
career field: Broadcast journalism
Jacqueline E. Harris – Kennesaw Mountain
High School – Probable career field: Pediatrics
Charis A. Spears – McEachern
High School - Probable career field: Medicine
Elizabeth A. Studstill –
Sprayberry High School – Probable career field: Publishing
Alexander D.
McIntyre – Wheeler High School - Probable career field: Biomedical
Engineering
Oludamilola A. Aladesanmi – Wheeler High School – Probable
career field: Medicine
For more information about the National Merit and
National Achievement scholarship programs, visit
www.nationalmerit.org.
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