The
National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced in July that Rogers
High School 2014 graduate Paulina Davison is the winner of a
college-sponsored merit scholarship.
College-sponsored
awards provide distinguished high school graduates between $500 and
$2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the
institution financing the scholarship.
Davison,
who plans to attend Arizona State University this fall, also received a
number of local and outside scholarships at school award ceremonies
last spring recognizing her academic achievement, leadership, and
community service.
She
was one of five district students, for example, to be honored last
spring for academic achievement by the Washington Scholars Program,
administered by the Washington Student Achievement Council and the
Washington Association of Secondary School Principals.
Class
of 2014 graduates Kathryn Draney of Rogers High, Gabriel Carroll and
Emma Miller of Puyallup High, and Kaitlyn Hall of Emerald Ridge High,
also received the award.
Earlier
this year, Emerald Ridge High senior Miles Hubble also was recognized
for scholastic achievement by being named an outstanding black high
school scholar in the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
The
annual scholarship program was established 50 years ago to provide
scholarships and recognition to scholastically-exceptional black high
school students.
Students are awarded the scholarship for having high SAT and PSAT scores and consistently high academic performance.
Nationally, just 700 students win National Achievement Scholarships. Hubble received a $2,500 award.