[CharterSchools] Ben Franklin High School annouces its Six Presiential Scholars candidates

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Benjamin FranklinHigh School Salutes its Six Presidential Scholars Candidates
 
NewOrleans, LA—February 7, 2018 –Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) is proud to announce the following sixseniors have been selected as candidates for the United States PresidentialScholars Program:
 

Kaitlyn Calabresi
Vanessa Chambers
Jack Falstad
Mariza Francis
Maanasa Narayanamoorthy
Jack Wang


“We arehonored and humbled by this distinction and will continue to promote excellenceamong 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.
 




L-R: Maanasa Narayanamoorthy, Kaitlyn Calabresi, Mariza Francis, Vanessa Chambers, Jack Wangand Jack Falstad



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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