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发帖数: 19398 | 1 By Ryan Marshall Staff Writer
The annual list of Maryland public school students named U.S. Presidential
Scholars is an exclusive one.
This year, two from Montgomery County are its sole occupants.
Patrick Cha of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and Emily Yang of Richard
Montgomery High School in Rockville were selected from more than 4,300
seniors across the country who qualified for the awards.
The scholarships are awarded to one male and one female from each state,
Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Americans living abroad, while others are
selected on an at-large basis or as Scholars in the Arts.
Scholars were chosen based on their academic records, artistic works, essays
, school evaluations, transcripts, community service and leadership.
Cha said the award is a nice way to finish off his high school career.
Heading to Princeton University in the fall, Cha is the editor-in-chief of
his school’s newspaper, plays on the tennis team and started a nonprofit to
promote high school philanthropy through sports.
Yang said she’s still deciding where she’ll go to college, but is thinking
about majoring in economics with a focus on public policy.
She is the captain of Richard Montgomery’s debate and forensics teams, as
well as the weiqi team.
Weiqi is a board game with roots in China going back thousands of years.
The Richard Montgomery team recently won a tournament against teams from the
U.S., Canada and Mexico, Yang said.
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