Saint Peter High School is proud to celebrate students who earned academic honors through the College Board National Recognition Program (bigfuture.org). This year, three of our students were among the more than 300,000 recipients nationwide─the highest participation in the program’s history. Those students include senior Melina Chadwick and juniors Grace Penner and Lucia Penner.
(PICTURED ABOVE) Three SPHS students were honored recently by the College Board National Recognition Program for academic testing success. Pictured here are SPHS junior Grace Penner, Principal Annette Engeldinger, SPHS senior Melina Chadwick, and SPHS junior Lucia Penner.
The College Board National Recognition Program (bigfuture.org) consists of the following official academic awards recognizing students in all communities: First-Generation Recognition Award, Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award, and School Recognition Award.
“Our students have been recognized for their dedication and excellence, and we’re incredibly proud of them,” SPHS Principal Annette Engeldinger said. “This honor reinforces their exceptional achievements in high school and will support them in their pursuit of a big future.”
To be eligible, 10th- and 11th-grade students must earn a cumulative GPA of B+ or higher and either score 3 or above on two or more AP Exams by the end of 10th grade. They also qualify if they’re one of the top 10% of test takers─in their high school, among first-generation college students in their state, and/or among rural and small-town students in their state.
Colleges and universities are eager to recruit National Recognition Program awardees who have demonstrated strong academic success across a wide range of schools and communities. Thousands of nonprofit colleges and scholarship organizations can connect with awardees who opt in to College Board Student Search Service to share more about their institutions and programs.
“For students across the country, the award represents more than an academic honor. It signals their achievement to colleges and scholarship programs that may not actively recruit in their communities,” Amy Reitz, senior vice president of BigFuture at College Board, said. “We congratulate all students at Saint Peter High School who earned an award by demonstrating exceptional academic achievement.”