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Buckle named semifinalist in National Achievement Scholarship Program
Sep 24, 2008 12:00 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Senior Rachel Buckle has been named a semifinalist in the 2009 National Achievement Scholarship Program. Approximately 1,600 scholastically talented high school students have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 800 scholarships worth more than $2.6 million.
Buckle is a member of National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and French Honor Society, and has taken 16 Honors and AP classes during her high school career. A Furman University Scholar, she has also received the Darlington Parents Association Award and the Dartmouth Club Book Award. Buckle is an admission liaison, peer tutor, and a member of the House Senate, “Y” Cabinet, Scholar Bowl, French Club and Science Club. She is the daughter of Dr. Raphael and Lena Buckle of Acworth, Ga.
The National Achievement Program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, was initiated in 1964 to recognize academically promising black students throughout the nation and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding program participants. To date, over 27,800 young men and women have received Achievement Scholarship awards worth more than $91 million.
Approximately 1,300 semifinalists are expected to fulfill additional requirements and advance to the finalist level in the 2009 program. All Achievement Scholar awardees will be selected form the finalist group on the basis of their abilities, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies. To advance to the finalist level, students must present a record of high academic performance throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.
Buckle is a member of National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and French Honor Society, and has taken 16 Honors and AP classes during her high school career. A Furman University Scholar, she has also received the Darlington Parents Association Award and the Dartmouth Club Book Award. Buckle is an admission liaison, peer tutor, and a member of the House Senate, “Y” Cabinet, Scholar Bowl, French Club and Science Club. She is the daughter of Dr. Raphael and Lena Buckle of Acworth, Ga.
The National Achievement Program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, was initiated in 1964 to recognize academically promising black students throughout the nation and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding program participants. To date, over 27,800 young men and women have received Achievement Scholarship awards worth more than $91 million.
Approximately 1,300 semifinalists are expected to fulfill additional requirements and advance to the finalist level in the 2009 program. All Achievement Scholar awardees will be selected form the finalist group on the basis of their abilities, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies. To advance to the finalist level, students must present a record of high academic performance throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.
