Six MCPS students received medals at the national Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) competition in July. ACT-SO is a high school initiative sponsored by the NAACP to promote and encourage academic and artistic excellence. MCPS ACT-SO students received more than $50,000 in scholarships.
The 2022 medalists are:
- Consuela Watts, Vocal Contemporary, Gold Medal, Northwood HS
- Daniella Gonyoe, Delta Airlines Challenge, Silver Medal, Northwest HS
- Donovan Holt-Harrington, Instrumental Classical, Silver Medal, Seneca Valley HS
- Jeanne Lubika, Dramatics, Silver Medal, Clarksburg HS
- George Obongo, Delta Airlines Challenge, Silver Medal, Northwest HS
- Marcus Ross, Delta Airlines Challenge, Silver Medal, James Hubert Blake HS
Four rising college freshmen will receive $10,000 each from the Lancôme Write Her Future Scholarship:
- Bianca Calá, Northwest High School graduate who will attend State University of New York Purchase College Conservatory of Dance
- Jeanne Lubika, Clarksburg High School graduate who will attend The Juilliard School
- Obaahemaa Mensah, Paint Branch High School graduate who will attend The George Washington University
- Natalie Payne, Springbrook High School graduate who will attend Brown University
The NAACP Montgomery County branch of ACT-SO also awarded gold medals to eight other students for their commitment to academic and artistic excellence:
- Selamawit Asmare, Traditional Dance, Local Gold, James Hubert Blake HS
- Logan Byrd, Ballet, Local Gold, Northwood HS
- Bianca Calá, Contemporary Dance, Local Gold, Northwest HS
- Eugene Carson, Sustainable Building Team, Local Gold, Wheaton HS/Edison HS
- Tenin Dembele, Written Poetry, Local Gold, Northwest HS
- Tenin Dembele, Poetry Performance, Local Gold, Northwest HS
- Camille Kindrell Cobb, Sustainable Building Team, Local Gold, Walter Johnson HS/Edison HS
- Fasil Tefera, Sustainable Building Team, Local Gold, Wheaton HS/Edison HS
Featured photo courtesy of Julie Yang