Clarke senior advances to national program

Norman Mathews, a senior at W.T. Clarke High School, has advanced to finalist status in the National Achievement Scholarship Program. As a semifinalist named in the fall of 2010, Norman now has advanced to Finalist standing so he can be considered for an Achievement Scholarship award to be offered in 2011. 

The National Achievement Scholarship Program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding Black American high school students. 

Approximately 1,600 high-scoring participants in each year’s National Achievement Scholarship Program are designated Semifinalists. To ensure that academically talented Black American students throughout the nation are included in the pool, Semifinalists are named on a regional representation basis. They are the highest-scoring program participants in the states that constitute each region.