Twelve Westport teens – seven of them from Staples High School – are among a select group of students nationwide named as honorees and candidates in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
The program recognizes students for their academic and extra-curricular involvement with both the school and their community.
The Staples students include: William O. Andrews; Claudia Chen; Rachel O. Corbally; George Menz; Audrey Seo; Steven K. Xu, and Xiaotian Zhang.
Westport students attending other schools include: Brian Beaumonte, Saint Luke’s School; Jacob J. Klegar, Choate Rosemary Hall, and the following Hopkins School students: Grant M. Moberg; Neha Srivastava, and Michael Zhou.
Each year, up to 161 students are named as Presidential Scholars. Students chosen as U.S. Presidential Scholars receive an expense-paid trip to Washington, D. C. in June.
The trip includes awarding of the U.S. Presidential Scholars medallion at a ceremony sponsored by the White House, in commemoration of their achievements.
Semifinalists will be notified in mid-April with the U.S. Presidential Scholars notified in May.
