Councilwoman Berland and the Huntington Town Board with the recipients of the Nat'l Achievement Scholarship, High School West Principal Debra Intorcia and Director of Guidance Donna Gross

Huntington, NY - Councilwoman Susan A. Berland presented five students from Half Hollow Hills High School West with official proclamations from the Town of Huntington at last Tuesday's Town Board meeting for being the recipients of the esteemed National Achievement Scholarship.  The scholarship, given by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, is given to those who placed within the top 3% of the 160,000 African-American students interested in receiving the award.  The finalists for the scholarship are chosen based on their overall high school performance, including an evaluation of their transcript and their S.A.T. scores.

This year's recipients are the following: Niesha Voigt and Kimberly Brazier, both of whom will attend Brown University, Rachelle Cadet, who will attend Columbia University, Sara Sodine, who will attend the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and Victoria Baptiste, who wll attend Princeton University.

"It is a pleasure and an honor for me to recognize these extraordinary young women this afternoon," commented Councilwoman Berland.  "The National Achievement Scholarship is a very prestigious award and I am incredibly proud that High School West has five recipients this year.  These young women are phenomenal students who are extremely well rounded and focused in their educations.  I would personally like to congratulate Niesha, Kimberly, Rachelle, Sara and Victoria for receiving this very special honor and I wish them the best in their education and in all of their future endeavors."