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LOCAL STUDENT QUALIFIES AS A SEMIFINALIST IN THE 2007 NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
PHILADELPHIA- Northeast Philadelphia resident James Gallagher, a senior at St. Joseph’s Prep, qualified as a semifinalist in the 2007 National Achievement Scholarship Program. He joins more than 1,600 Black American high school seniors from around the country in meeting the criteria for this prestigious award.
Prep Senior James Gallagher
The privately financed National Achievement Program was initiated in 1964 to honor academically promising black youth throughout the nation and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding participants. More than 27,000 young men and women have received Achievement Scholarship awards worth about $86 million.
The initial screen for semifinalists was determined by taking the 2005 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. All Achievement Scholarship winners are selected from the Finalist group on the basis of their abilities, accomplishments, and potential for success in college.
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School is a Catholic, urban, college preparatory school for boys in Philadelphia. In the tradition of the Jesuit priests who founded the school, The Prep’s mission is to develop the minds, hearts and souls of young men in their pursuit of becoming Men for and with Others.
Contact:
Bill Avington
Director of Marketing and Communications
215-978-1962
bavington@sjprep.org