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The Oregon Department of Education is currently seeking nominations for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The mission of the program is to recognize and honor outstanding high school seniors and thereby encourage high attainment among all students. Under the Executive Order establishing the Presidential Scholars Program, students are selected on the basis of outstanding scholarship.
This year, the Oregon Department of Education may submit the names of up to 20 students, 10 male and 10 female, for the general component of the program. All high school seniors graduating between January and June of 2020 who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, who attend public, parochial, or independent schools, as well as those who are home-schooled, are eligible.
If you know of an outstanding senior in your school or district who demonstrates outstanding scholarship, but who might not otherwise be nominated through the current SAT/ACT or Arts recognition processes, we encourage you to submit their name to the Oregon Department of Education.
All student nominations are due to Jenni Knaus no later than Wednesday, November 20, 2019.
Please provide the following information on each senior:
- Name
- Gender
- Email address
- Home mailing address
- High school name, mailing address and CEEB code
- What about the student makes them stand out as having outstanding scholarship?
- What special challenges or hurdles has this student overcome while still achieving high academic success?
It may be useful for you to know that the reviewers will be considering the following categories when evaluating the nominees at the semifinalist and Scholar evaluation levels:
- Involvement and service (in school and community);
- leadership and character;
- writing samples;
- academic achievements;
- discretionary points for extraordinary achievement, heavy workload, family responsibilities and obstacles overcome.
All selected nominees will be announced and invited to apply in mid-January 2020 by the U.S. Presidential Scholars program office. The 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars will be selected by the Commission on Presidential Scholars and will receive the Presidential Scholars Medallion. To learn more about the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and the Commission on Presidential Scholars please visit: www.ed.gov/psp.
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