Trustees celebrate academic excellence and College Board recognitions

College Board annually recognizes National Commended Scholars and awards academic honors through their National Recognition Program

On Monday, November 18, Midlothian ISD trustees celebrated excellence in academics. The College Board annually recognizes the top scorers on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as National Commended Scholars.

Five MISD Class of 2025 students are among the 34,000 students in the nation to receive this high honor and are recognized as Top 2% scorers.

• James Giambruno-Fuge, Heritage HS
• Trevor Hunt, Heritage HS
• Zoe Chandler, Heritage HS
• Elijah Jones, Midlothian HS
• Tate Newman, Midlothian HS

The College Board National Recognition Programs award academic honors to underrepresented students. The national recognition programs include the National African American Recognition Program, National Hispanic Recognition Program, National Indigenous Recognition Program, National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program, and (new in 2024) National First Generation Recognition.

Twenty-nine MISD Class of 2025 students received the following recognitions.

• Eva Bernardo, HHS - National Hispanic Recognition, National Rural Recognition

• Matthew Bost, HHS - National African American Recognition

• Zoe Chandler, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Brock Droege, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Maggie Eller, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Emmerson Fort, HHS - National African American Recognition, National Indigenous Recognition, National Rural Recognition

• Leonardo Garcia, HHS - National Hispanic Recognition, National Rural Recognition

• James Giambruno-Fuge, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Haley Hamilton, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Elizabeth Hare, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Brianna Higginbotham, HHS - National First Generation Recognition

• Cameron Holm, HHS - National Hispanic Recognition, National Rural Recognition

• Marco Johnson, HHS - National African American Recognition, National Hispanic Recognition

• Preslsy Johnson, HHS - National African American Recognition

• Madelyn Lange, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Kate Phillips, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Luke Phillips, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Natalie Schwind, HHS - National Rural Recognition

• Kaleb Torres, HHS - National Hispanic Recognition

• Ian Barry, MHS - National First Generation Recognition

• Shelly Chen, MHS - National First Generation Recognition

• Anmol Christ, MHS - National First Generation Recognition

• Abraham Gonzalez, MHS - National Hispanic Recognition

• Avery Hay, MHS - National First Generation Recognition

• Daniel Idowu, MHS - National African American Recognition

• Natalie Ochoa, MHS - National Indigenous Recognition Award

• Emmaline Pearson, MHS - National First Generation Recognition Award

• Jenna Penny, MHS - National First Generation Recognition Award

• Kevin Roman, MHS - National First Generation Recognition Award