[CharterSchools] Eight students named Presidential Scholar Candidates at Ben Franklin High School

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Benjamin FranklinHigh School Salutes its Eight Presidential Scholars Candidates
 

NewOrleans, LA—February 14, 2017 –Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) is proud to announce the following eightseniors have been selected as candidates for the United States PresidentialScholars Program:
 

Joshua H.Balkin
Aroosa Y.Cheema
Jacob P.Fillinger
Shirley N.Hong
Elizabeth L.Parker
Illaria M.Simeone
Madison E.Smither
Yuzhi Wang


“We are honored and humbled by this distinction and willcontinue to promote excellence among our students,” says Dr. Patrick Widhalm,Franklin’s Head of School.
 
The U.S.Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 by Executive Order of thePresident to recognize and honor some of our nation’s most distinguishedgraduating seniors. In 1979, the program was expanded to recognize students whodemonstrate exceptional scholarship and talent in the visual, creative and performingarts. Annually, up to 141 students are chosen from among outstanding graduatingseniors to become U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honorsfor high school students according to the U.S. Presidential Scholars Programfact sheet.




 
About Benjamin Franklin HighSchool 
BenjaminFranklin High School, New Orleans’ most outstanding public charter school,has been preparing students for success through academic achievement since itwas founded in 1957. Consistently ranked as a “top public high school in thenation” by U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, and BusinessWeek, Franklin has received the highest School Performance Score inLouisiana, making it the #1 public school in the state, year after year. Franklin is repeatedly named a National Blue Ribbon School, producingPresidential and National Merit Scholars each year.  The exceptionalstudents, faculty and staff of Benjamin Franklin High School are the best andthe brightest of New Orleans. For more information, visit bfhsla.org. 
 
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