La Plata Student Receives National Hispanic Recognition

CHARLES COUNTY - 10/9/2008

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The College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program recently recognized Robert Garcia, a senior at La Plata High School, for exceptional academic achievement.   National Hispanic Scholar             Robert Garcia Garcia was chosen as a National Hispanic Scholar for scoring high on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Test and for identifying himself as Hispanic. He is one of more than 5,000 students who were chosen for national recognition. The College Board is not able to provide a monetary award to these students, but an important component of the program is the CD-ROM distributed to subscribing four-year post-secondary institutions. The CD-ROM lists the names of students selected in the program and is mailed in October to subscribing colleges and universities. Being listed may give students an opportunity to hear from colleges that are particularly interested in communicating with prospective students of Hispanic heritage. Each year, the college board serves more than 7 million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment and teaching and learning.

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