Three Seniors to Participate in Prestigious Competition

Congratulations to the three member of Hawken's Class of 2011 who have been selected to compete in the highly selective Presidential Scholars Program: Catherine Blebea and Yoni Kirsch, who qualified for the academic component of the program; and Margret Erlendsdottir, who qualified for both the academic and arts components of the program.  Application to the program is by invitation only. Potential academic candidates are initially identified based upon exceptional SAT or ACT scores, and arts candidates are initially selected based upon their artisitc ability and their participation in YoungArts, a national program whose purpose is to identify and recognize extrarodinarily talented students.  

In April, all 500 semi-finalists' applications will be reviewed by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, after which they will select up to 121 Academic Scholars and up to 20 Arts Scholars.