October 31, 2005
ANDOVER, Mass.—The College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program has announced that five Phillips Academy students have been recognized as Scholars or Honorable Mention Finalists as a result of their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
The two PA students to be named as Scholars are Jessica Acosta (Sunnyside, NY) and Emily Mortara (Andover, MA). The three students to be named as Honorable Mention Finalists are Derek Desvastich (Saddle River, NJ), Cynthia Matiz (Union City, NJ), and Victor Vazquez (Lowell, MA).
The National Hispanic Recognition Program was initiated in 1983 to provide national recognition of the exceptional academic achievements of Hispanic high school seniors and identify them for postsecondary institutions.
More than 150,000 juniors in nearly 21,000 U.S. high schools entered the 2006 National Hispanic Recognition Program by requesting consideration in the program when they took the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Initially, the program identified 5,000 students as potential honorees, based upon their performance on the test. Upon further investigation of their academic achievements, 4,500 students were recognized by the program as a Scholar or an Honorable Mention Finalist.
Although the College Board does not provide a monetary award to these students, it does distribute a CD-ROM to subscribing four-year postsecondary institutions that lists the names of all students recognized by the program. More information about the program can be found by visiting www.collegeboard.com.
