16 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students representing 12 high schools earned four-year scholarships of full tuition from the Posse Foundation.
The foundation awards students “with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes,” according to MCPS.
The students also receive professional guidance before and throughout their college years.
The Posse Scholar students and the colleges they will attend are:
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Nolawit Mekonnen, Sewanee: The University of the South
James Hubert Blake High School
Nevaeh-Lyonelle Forbin, Lewis & Clark College
Gaelle Rosius, Bucknell University
Aaron Wallace, Sewanee: The University of the South
Clarksburg High School
Navya Koganti, University of Rochester
Gaithersburg High School
Valeria Lopez, Bucknell University
Ishara Sainju, University of Rochester
Walter Johnson High School
Loic Nsoga-Mohab, Bucknell University
Northwest High School
Katherine Gardiner, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paint Branch High School
Sandra Djayeola, Lafayette College
Melody Segal, University of Rochester
Rockville High School
Nicolas Rozo, Lafayette College
Springbrook High School
Camila Polanco, Sewanee: The University of the South
Watkins Mill High School
Olivier Payen, University of Rochester
Wheaton High School
Jeffers Monteil, University of Rochester
Gabriela Blanco Reyes, Lafayette College
