Friday, March 29, 2024

Dragons Earn National Hispanic Scholar Recognition

Fourteen Carroll Dragons have been recognized as National Hispanic Scholars.

The National Hispanic Recognition Program was intiated in 1983 to identify outstandings Hispanic/Latino high schools students. This year, the NHRP is recognizing about 5,300 Hispanic/Latino students selected from a pool of over 259,000 who took the 2012 PSAT/NMSQT/PAA.

Students recognized by the NHRP are at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino and have achieved a minimum PSAT/NMSQT score for their region. Students with a junior year cumlative GPA of 3.5 or higher are designated as Scholars and those with a junior cumulative GPA of 3.0 to 3.49 are designated as Honorable Mentions.

The Carroll’s National Hispanic Scholars include:
Michael Formella
Matthew Wiseman
Lauren Basler
Jonathan Brosnan
Kristim Calcagno
Sebastian Becerra
Steven Flowers
Valerie Quintanilla
Amanda Deras
Cole Smith
Dana Jenkins
Adriana Morillo
Michael Basler
Jeffrey Smythe

Carroll ISD also received notification that 14 students were named National Merit  Semi-Finalists. Click here to read the story.

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