St. Mary’s Dominican High School celebrates students awarded with academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. Junior Natalie Cage and senior Mihley Clayton received the National African American Recognition Award. Allyson Breaux, a senior, received the National First Generation Award. Seniors Sofia Chanes and Alivia Christiansen, and juniors Lillian Cruz and Julianne Sanchez received the National Hispanic Recognition Award. These programs celebrate the students’ hard work in high school and showcase their strong academic performance. These academic honors are an opportunity for students to share their strong academic achievements with colleges and scholarship programs that are seeking to recruit diverse talent.

The criteria for eligible students include: GPA of 3.5 or higher; PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 assessment scores that are within the top 10% of assessment takers in each state for each award program or earned a score of 3 or higher on 2 or more AP Exams in 9th and 10th grade; attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, or Indigenous/Native. Eligible students are invited to apply on BigFuture during their sophomore or junior year and are awarded at the start of the next school year in time to share their achievements in high school as they plan for the future. At the same time, colleges and organizations using College Board’s Student Search Service™ can connect directly with awardees during the recruitment process