A R O U N D
SENIOR NAMED CANDIDATE FOR
UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
C A M P U S
Of the nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2021, only 4,500 were selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program and Joe Rottinghaus ’21 was one of them! The program was established in 1964 as a way to recognize some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and/or artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and school activities. Application to the program is by invitation only. Candidates then complete and submit candidacy materials for review, including essays, self-assessments, secondary school reports and transcripts. A distinguished panel of educators will review these submissions and select approximately 600 semifinalists. The Commission on Presidential Scholars, a group of up to 32 eminent citizens appointed by the President, will select the finalists, and the U.S. Department of Education will announce the Scholars in May. As of press time, Joe was undecided on his college, but plans to pursue a biology degree. Congratulations, Joe, for your selection to this prestigious program!
AP U.S. GOVERNMENT TEACHER
MATT LINDLEY ʼ89 RECOGNIZED
AP
U.S. Government teacher Matt Lindley ’89 was recently recognized by the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) and Educational Testing Service® (ETS®) for his significant contributions during the 2020 AP Reading. Mr. Lindley was one of 1,289 high school AP teachers and college faculty who scored 293,196 AP U.S. Government and Politics exams. That’s a lot of reading! We are grateful to Mr. Lindley for his efforts as he helped ensure that AP students could pursue college credit, even in the midst of the pandemic.
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