DeKalb boasts 36 Achievement and Merit Scholarship semifinalists
In the DeKalb County School System, 36 students were recently recognized as National Achievement and National Merit Scholarships semifinalists.
Both the National Merit and National Achievement Scholarship programs identify talented students that participated in the PSAT during their 11th grade school year.
The National Achievement Scholarship is designed to recognize academically promising African American students throughout the nation and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding program participants.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
