Presidential Scholar Candidate

Matthew has been nominated for the Presidential Scholar Award. Matthew, along with 5 other students from Lakota schools (4 from West, 2 from East).

The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by Executive Order of the President, to recognize and honor some of our Nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 141 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the Nation’s highest honors for high school students. In honoring the Presidential Scholars, the President of the United States symbolically honors all graduating high school seniors of high potential.

Final selections will be made in May by a committee of 32 people appointment by the President. There will be one boy and one girl selected from each state, D.C., Puerto Rico and US students living abroad.

Congratulations Matthew! We are very proud of you!