Date: April 29, 2005
Contact: Irene Cromer
703-791-8720

ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Two Prince William County Public School students are among 800 high school seniors who won Achievement Scholarship awards for college undergraduates, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Stonewall Jackson High School student Nicole T. Myers, the daughter of Robert and Melissa Myers of Bristow, received an Honorary Achievement Scholarship. Osbourn Park High School student Darian M. Butcher, the daughter of Trent and Linda Butcher of Manassas, received a National Achievement $2500 Scholarship. Myers and Butcher are two of approximately 1600 students selected as semi-finalists in September 2004.

Myers, 17, donates her time as a thrift store volunteer at SERVE and also at the Prince William Hospital. At Stonewall Jackson, Myers was selected IB English Student of the Year, received three academic letters, a Student Leadership award, Youth Salute Award, and for the past two years, won the Forensics District Champ in Prose contest. She also plays varsity soccer, is the Spanish Honor Society treasurer, the National Honor Society secretary, and the vice president of the Key Club. Nicole is a member of SADD and Forensics Club.

Butcher, 17, devotes many hours to helping those in need and the less fortunate. At Osbourn Park, she is a committee head for the National Honor Society, a member of Key Club, and of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls. Butcher is listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Students and has earned three academic letters. Over her high school career, Butcher has been involved in freshman cheerleading, President’s Council, Forensics, student mentoring, peer mediation, and peer training.

The National Achievement® Scholarship Program is a privately financed academic competition for outstanding Black American high school students. Scholarships offered in 2005 are supported by corporations, company foundations, professional associations, and by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the National Achievement Program. NMSC is an independent, not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. All winners are chosen on their abilities, skills, and accomplishments.

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