CONTACT Debra Marlow

Director, Community Relations

748-1433

Feb. 12, 2008

For immediate release

Chesterfield County students excel

Three national scholastic competitions have recognized Chesterfield County students, with two students — Evan Connell and Dila Mignouna — achieving honors in two of these three competitions:

Chesterfield finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program are Midlothian High School student Evan Connell, Clover Hill High School students Hussain Aly, Sean Carey and Ian Tomlin and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students Derek Chi, Alexandra Gecker, Elizabeth Leisey, Palmer Mebane, Jessica Merry, Dila Mignouna, Anna Mohan, Douglas Munroe and Anant Shukla. This program, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., annually recognizes as semifinalists about 16,000 academically talented high school seniors across the country. About 90 percent of the semifinalists advance to become finalists, and about half of the finalists will be notified later this year that they have been named National Merit scholars and earned scholarships.

Chesterfield finalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program are Clover Hill High School student Alexandra Almore, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School student Wilmer Wilson and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School students Amarachi Eseonu, Ida Girma and Dila Mignouna. Conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corp., this program recognizes outstanding African-American students throughout the nation. From about 1,600 semifinalists, about 1,300 National Achievement finalists are honored. Later this year, about 800 finalists will be honored as National Achievement scholars and will earn scholarships.

Evan Connell and Louan Pagan of Midlothian High School and Amber Garcia of Appomattox Regional Governor’s School were recognized in the National Hispanic Recognition Program. Operated by the College Board, this program honors outstanding Hispanic students throughout the nation. Each year, about 3,300 students are selected for outstanding scores on the PSAT.

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