Per Montgomery County Public Schools: Six MCPS graduating seniors have been named semifinalists in the U.S. Presidential Scholars competition: Sara Cui and Raymond L. Ma, Winston Churchill High School; Ishaan Jain and Paris Z. Ye, Richard Montgomery High School; Brianna J. Lin, Montgomery Blair High School, and Andrew Z. Yuan, Poolesville High School. There were 14 semifinalists from the state of Maryland.
The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 to recognize and honor some of the country’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. They were chosen based on academic success, artistic excellence, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as community service, leadership and commitment to high ideals. Featured photo shows a previous class of Presidential Scholars.