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Recipients of the National Achievement Scholarship

Nationwide, more than 140,000 black American students entered the 2007 National Achievement program by requesting consideration when they took the Preliminary SAT test as high school juniors. About 1,600 of the highest scorers were named as semifinalists, and in the end, 800 students were announced as National Achievement Scholarship winners. Six of those winners are GCS students.

The GCS winners include:

National Achievement PPG Industries Foundation Scholarship

Winnie J. Quick (Dudley High)

National Achievement R.J. Reynolds Foundation Scholarship

Kira A. Mengistu (The Early College at Guilford)
Horatio R. Thomas (The Early College at Guilford)

National Achievement $2,500 Scholarships

Jessica G. Booker (The Early College at Guilford)
Brittany A. Ervin (High Point Central)
Chanelle J. Tyson (Southwest High)

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