Three seniors at Mount Madonna School, Mariah Cohen, Cecily Kelly and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak, are among 62,000 students nationwide awarded academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs for achievements in school and outstanding performance on the PSAT 10, and/or Advanced Placement exams.
Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak
Cecily Kelly
Mariah Cohen
All three students received the College Board’s National Rural and Small Town Award, and Ocampo-Sobkoviak received the National Hispanic Recognition Award.
Cohen and Ocampo-Sobkoviak earned AP Scholar with Distinction, and Kelly was named an AP Scholar with Honors for their junior year PSAT and sophomore and junior year AP tests.
““I am proud of these students’ hard work and dedication,” said Director of Upper School Shannon Kelly. They took on the challenge of AP coursework and testing and committed to putting in the time necessary to be successful. They are versatile learners, capable of both creative and innovative thinking as well as adapting to more structured learning environments.”
Three more students received College Board awards based on sophomore and junior year AP testing:
Grade 11: Sandy Astone, AP Scholar; Samuel Kaplan, AP Scholar with Distinction; and grade 12, Benjamin Pearson, AP Scholar with Distinction.
Eligible students have a gradepoint of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10, or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP exams; and are African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, and/or attend school in a rural area or small town.
“We want to honor the hard work of these students,” said Tarlin Ray, College Board senior vice president of BigFuture. “This program creates a way for colleges and scholarship programs to connect directly with underrepresented students who they are hoping to reach. We hope the award winners and their families celebrate this prestigious honor and it helps them plan for their big future.”