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12 Students Publicly Touted for Academic Achievement

The students were recognized at Monday's SD 202 board meeting being cited by the National Achievement and the National Merit scholarship programs.

Twelve academically talented high school students who have achieved national recognition were honored Monday by the board.

Kyndal Currie and Grace Latimore, Plainfield North High School seniors, were recognized for being named outstanding participants in the 2011 National Achievement Scholarship Program.

The program honors academically promising African-American students, and only 3,100 students nationwide were named outstanding participants out of more than 160,000 high school students who seek the recognition.

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The board also acknowledged 10 district students who were named “commended” students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. These students rank in the top 5 percent of the 1.5 million students who take the preliminary SAT and the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.

The 10 students are Amanda Arneson, Keegan Bosch and Shannon L. Sampson from Plainfield Central; Joseph Mirabelli from Plainfield South; Kyle Chynoweth, Danial Jaleel, Anthony Margotta and Michael Vanderwater from Plainfield North; and Andrew Elam and Javier Suarez from Plainfield East High School.

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