Three FHS Seniors have been named among 3100 outstanding National Achievement Scholarship Program participants being referred to U.S. colleges and universities.
      The three named National Achievement participants include Isaac Z. Dutton, Esther-Raqouel Moore and Taylor G. Scott.

      In late September, a roster of these students' names, high schools, and tentative college majors is sent to higher education admission officials.
      At the same time, principals are notified of their students who are being referred to colleges and receive a certificate for presentation to each student in recognition of his or her standing in the program.  Chelsia Baldwin is one of the students who scored in the top five percent of more than 120,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2005 National Achievement Program when they took the 2005 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
      The National Achievement® Scholarship Program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding Black American high school students. Black students may enter both the National Achievement Program and the National Merit® Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) and meeting other published requirements for participation.
      The two annual programs are conducted concurrently but operated and funded separately. A student's standing is determined independently in each program. Black American students can qualify for recognition and be honored as Scholars in both the National Merit Program and the National Achievement Program, but can receive only one monetary award from NMSC.