Two MacArthur Students Named National Achievement Scholars

Stephanie Akpunku and Theodore Beyene, seniors at MacArthur High School, have been named as 2011 National Achievement Scholarship winners.

Akpunku and Beyene both received $2,500 scholarships sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students were named finalists in the program last fall as a result of high scores earned on the 2009 Preliminary SAT (PSAT). In addition to test scores, they had to demonstrate a record of consistently high academic performance, receive a recommendation from a MacArthur administrator, earn SAT scores confirming PSAT performance, and submit an essay.