• Jaden Cordaro of Arlington has been named to the president’s list for the summer semester at Georgia State University.
• Arlington residents Abigail McClennan and Lucia Voye have been named to the president’s list and Zineb Bourazzan, Hallelujah Daniel, Emma Foy, Devin Gibbs, Ethan Gruntfest, Mona Hakala, Caitlin Kelley, Joelle McKenzie, Ben Pratt and Sahara Sania have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at James Madison University.
• Anna Secrest of Arlington, a graduate of Washington-Liberty High School, received the Capt. Gerald FitzGerald Dale Senior Scholarship during recent convocation ceremonies at Hamilton College, where she is studying mathematics.
The scholarship is awarded to a senior who has completed the junior year with distinction while also demonstrating good character and positive standing among fellow students, and contributing to the extracurricular life of the college.
• Twenty-two Arlington Public Schools seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists, and will compete for a share of $26 million in scholarship funding to be awarded in the spring.
Arlington students earning the honor:
> H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program: Nicola Beaumont, Grant Goco, Isaac Studley.
> Washington-Liberty High School: Alexander Bartl, Jacob Coleman, Nico Sebastien Docena, Emma Hemsch, Cora McCabe, Elle Pickard, Noah Pogorelsky.
> Wakefield High School: Eli Groenert, Samuel Neill.
> Yorktown High School: Nathaniel Levin, Aaron Pease, Jack Reed.
> Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology: Alex Bakalov, Logan Bradley, Nathaniel Crescioli, Lucas Libelo, Eloise Minnigh, Benjamin Moseley, and Ophelia Tulchinsky.
The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
• Gunston Middle School was among those selected from among more than 1,200 applications for a garden grant from the Whole Kids Foundation, sponsored by Amazon Fresh.
Grants support new existing “edible-educational gardens” located at K-12 schools (and programs serving that age group) in the U.S. and Canada.
“We’re thrilled to announce we’re awarding $1.75 million in Whole Kids Garden Grants,” the foundation said. “That’s 583 new garden grants, each worth $3,000. These grants will support more than 290,000 students in 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and nine Canadian provinces.”
“Given the right opportunities – like planting a seed, helping in the kitchen and trying new foods – kids will get excited about fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains and other wholesome foods,” the foundation noted.
For more information, see the Website at www.wholekidsfoundation.org.
