Pecatonica CUSO #321 celebrates students awarded with academic honors from; College Board National Recognition Programs

Awards recognize high-performing students and help them stand out to colleges

    Students at Pecatonica High School earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These programs celebrate students’ hard work in high school and showcase their strong academic performance. The academic honors for rural area, Black, Indigenous, and/or Latino students are an opportunity tor students to share their strong academic achievements with colleges and scholarship programs that are seeking to recruit diverse talent.

    From Pec, 10 students received the academic honor:

    • Anna Munson: NRSTA

    • Ava Magarity: NRSTA

    • Brooklyn Connell: NRSTA

    • Casey Martin: NRSTA

    • Ethan Foster: NRSTA

    • Holly Daly: NRSTA

    • Joshua Frank: NRSTA

    • Kaitlyn Tipton: NRSTA

    • Olivia Girardin: NRSTA

    • Rebecca Brown: NRSTA

    “We’re thrilled to celebrate our students and recognize them for the great work they’ve been doing. We’re proud of their strong academic performance in the classroom and on College Board assessments like the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and AP exams,” said Val Abel. “There’s so much that makes our students unique, and receiving this honor reinforces this as an asset for their future.”

    The criteria for eligible students include:

    • GPA of 3.5 or higher.

    • PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 assessment scores that are within the top 10% of assessment takers in each state for each award program or earned a score of three or higher on two or more AP Exams in ninth and tenth grade.

    • Attend school in a rural area or small town, or identify as African American/Black, Hispanic American/Latino, or Indigenous/Native.

    Eligible students are invited to apply on BigFuture during their sophomore or junior year and are awarded at the start of the next school year in time to share their achievements in high school as they plan for the future. At the same time, colleges and organizations using College Board’s Student Search Service can connect directly with awardees during the recruitment process.

    “It’s becoming increasingly hard for students to be ‘seen’ during the college recruitment process. We’re exceptionally proud of the National Recognition Programs for celebrating students who are at times overlooked but have shown their outstanding academic abilities’” said Tarfin Ray, senior vice president of BigFuture at

College Board. “This is a benefit not only for students but also for colleges and universities committed to recruiting diverse and talented students.”