Seven students from B-L Middle School were recognized at the Lexington Three Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, April 8th for being named SC Junior Scholars. Congratulations to: Jacen Filyaw, Abigail Hendry, Abigail Iheanachor, Kadyn Miller, Ismael Olvera Sierra, Sally Paradice, and Zoestra Phillips.
The South Carolina Junior Scholars Program was developed by the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) during the 1985-86 school year to reflect the statewide effort to improve education in South Carolina and to provide for the needs of students possessing exceptional academic talent. The purpose of the program is to identify these students and to provide opportunities that will facilitate their intellectual growth, broaden their individual interests and promote their scholastic achievement.
To qualify, students must be enrolled in the eighth grade in a public, private, or home school in South Carolina. Students must score 550 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing subtests of the PSAT/NMSQT or 530 or higher on the Math subtest of the PSAT/NMSQT.
Students who qualify for this special recognition receive an Award of Merit certificate and a Junior Scholar bumper sticker from the South Carolina Department of Education. Students are also invited to attend summer opportunities at participating South Carolina colleges, universities and the Governor’s School for Science and Math.
Congratulations!