Six TUSD Students Recognized for Academic Achievement
By National Hispanic Recognition Program

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala or Jennea Bono Moore, 225-6437 
Posted on: December 8, 2003

Six seniors at University High School, 422 N. Arcadia Blvd., have been recognized by the National Hispanic Recognition Program for their outstanding academic achievements. Brandon Espinosa, Stephanie Mota, Christina Quihuis, Michael Spece and Katrina Zarate received scholar designations, while Alana Alvarez received honorable mention recognition.

Each year the program selects 3,300 students nationally as scholars or honorable mention finalists. Students are chosen based on their PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores combined with their grade point averages. Though the program gives no monetary award, it does distribute the names of scholars and honorable mention finalists to college and universities across the nation. The designation allows students the opportunity to be contacted by institutions interested in communicating with prospective students of Hispanic heritage.

The National Hispanic Recognition Program was established in 1983 to honor outstanding Hispanic youth and to increase their post-secondary educational opportunities.

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