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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has announced the 61st class of United States Presidential Scholars. Thirty-seven nonpublic school students received recognition.
Established in 1964, the United States Presidential Scholars Program recognizes and celebrates distinguished high school seniors. The program expanded in 1979 to recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, literary, and performing arts, and in 2015 to recognize outstanding accomplishment in career and technical education fields.
The following nonpublic school students were honored:
Alaska
Colton Luke Merriner, Anchorage - Grace Christian School AK
Xinlan A. Tanner, Kenai - Connections Home School Program
Americans Abroad
Amelie Ruo Yi Chen, Pago Pago - Pacific Horizons School
Kevin Choi, Tamuning - St. John's School
California
Jordan Elise Boskovich, Sierra Madre - Westridge School for Girls
Hannah M. Cho, Tustin - Pacific Academy Irvine
Crystin Charnelle Herring, Los Angeles - Windward School
Elena Weng, Sunnyvale - Harker School
Delaware
Luke Christian Merritt, Newark - Archmere Academy
Haasini Potluri, Newark - Tower Hill School
Florida
Yusuf Sheikh, Coral Springs - American Heritage School Plantation
Georgia
Creighton Matthew Hudkins, Roswell - Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
Hawaii
Jeremy Choi, Kapolei - Iolani School
Kentucky
Palmer M. Schmidt, Nicholasville - Craft Academy
Maryland
Luc Beck, Bethesda - Sidwell Friends School
Massachusetts
Kendree Chen, Belmont - Boston University Academy
Yanbo Qiu, Marion - Tabor Academy
Michigan
Alexandra Kate Paisley, Royal Oak - Shrine Catholic High School
Mississippi
Nichols E. Katsaboulas, Jackson - Jackson Preparatory School
New Hampshire
Roxane Park, Bedford - Phillips Exeter Academy
New Jersey
Ziv Deneb Shah, Short Hills - Pingry School
Jinan Laurentia Woo, Englewood Cliffs - Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
New York
Tom Maizi Liu, New York City - Collegiate School
Ohio
Audrey Lu, Dublin - Columbus Academy
Oklahoma
Coffey Lambird Collier, Edmond - Bishop McGuinness High School
Krish Kalpesh Patel, Edmond - Casady School
Pennsylvania
Theodore Henry Engelman, Bryn Mawr - Episcopal Academy
Puerto Rico
Lucas J. Mendoza, Dorado - Tasis School in Dorado
Anna Cristina Sgroi Morillo, Carolina - Robinson School
Nicolás Antonio Unanue, San Juan - St. John's School
Rhode Island
Jennifer Shon, Portsmouth - Portsmouth Abbey School
Evelyn Zhang, Providence - Wheeler School
Tennessee
Nishanth R. Basava, Hixson - The McCallie School
Griffin Walls Davis, Germantown - St. George's Independent School
Texas
Amanda E. Ong, Del Rio - Del Rio High School
Utah
Denver Marie Whaley, Lehi - Juan Diego Catholic High School
Vermont
Winslow Starks Solomon, Richmond - Vermont Commons School
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