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Contact: Estella Zavala or Susan Cergol, 225-6437
Posted on: April 19, 2001

Daniel Leake, a junior at Pueblo High Magnet School, 3500 S. 12^th Ave., has been named a semifinalist in the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP).

The NHRP selected the 4,000 highest scoring students on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) as semifinalists from a nationwide total of 119,000 self-identified Hispanic high school juniors who took the test last October.

The grade point averages (GPAs) of semifinalists will be considered for the final determination of which students are named as Honorable Mention (GPA 3.0-3.49) or Scholar (GPA 3.5 or higher). Leake and other semifinalists will be notified of their final designation in September 2002.

Being selected by the NHRP will give students the opportunity to hear from colleges that are particularly interested in communicating with academically talented students of Hispanic heritage. As a recognition program, there is no monetary award associated with this selection; however, the College Board provides the names of students selected as Scholars and Honorable Mention by NHRP to colleges and universities. Many of these institutions actively recruit these students and offer financial support based on the College Board’s recognition.