Two Calhoun seniors earn national honor

Two Calhoun High School seniors –– Asia Brown and Tiffany Minors –– have been named Outstanding Participants in the 2012 National Achievement Scholarship Program. The distinction is awarded annually to the top 3 percent of more than 160,000 African-American students based on their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, taken in 10th grade. The students are referred to more than 1,500 colleges as recipients of this award.

Asia Brown

Asia Brown maintains a 100 weighted overall average. She is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors and has been inducted into the Spanish, Math, Science, Tri-M Music, and National honor societies. She has also been an integral member of the Advanced Science Research Program.

This past summer, Brown took part in the Simmons Summer Research Fellowship as one of 35 fellows at Stony Brook University. Her research focused on the drug Decitabine and how it affects colon cancer cells. Brown was also a 2010 Long Island Math Fair finalist and bronze medalist for research in hyperbolic geometry. She is an active member of the Calhoun choir and has been a writer for the school newspaper Hoofbeats and the literary magazine Pegasus. Since her freshman year, she has written for the West Indian Weekly, contributing a weekly poetry section.

Tiffany Minors

Minors is a highly motivated athlete, leader, vocalist and actress, as well as an exemplary student. She is a member of the National, Math, Science and Languages Other Than English honor societies. In addition, she is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honors, and has been recognized by St. John’s University as an Outstanding Woman in Science. Last year, Minors was chosen to attend the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. And she participates in the Calhoun On-Tour Drama Program, student council, concert choir and numerous volunteer programs, and is captain of the tennis and badminton teams.