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S p e c ia l A ch ievem ents

By: Rob Pollock
Sabrina Soto endured a grueling, tense and emotional day and
emerged in second place in the Miami-Dade and Monroe County
Spelling Bee. This Bee is one of the largest in America.
Vasundara Govindarajan was the champion and it was her fourth
Based on their ISEE scores, four Eighth Grade students receive the Barat Scholarship as
consecutive victory,
follows: Emma Beharry, Camile Deschapelles, Paulina Hernandez and Camila Suarez.
Sabrina made her way through the preliminary and semi final rounds,
Carrollton offers a Barat Scholarship to each of the top five scorers on the Independent
which eliminated all but 12 o f the 300 plus contestants. She correctly
Schools Entrance Exam (ISEE) that is administered to all 9th grade applicants as well as to
spelled words such as mihrab, intaglio, Hoomalimali, tokamak, larval,
Carrollton's own current 8th grade class in December, The award is in the amount of $5,000
perfunctory, priestdom, Istanbul, Carboniferous and laterigrade before
and is for each year of High School, making the total value o f the Barat Scholarship $20,000.
she got tripped up by "medlar" (a small Eurasian tree known for its
Carrollton is proud to announce that we have offered six scholarships for the 2018-2019
preserves).
academic year. Carrollton uses the ISEE scores as one piece o f information to help determine
placement for courses in the High School.
For the last three of the twelve rounds, Sabrina was alone on the
stage with Vasundara and patiently Waited out two spelling appeals.
Give praise to Sabrina; she strategized and practiced completely
independently. You would have been proud to see her; she
maintained her poise, showed her intelligence and smiled brightly.
She represented Carrollton beautifully.

Carrollton recognizes the seniors who have distinguished themselves for their
performance in the last academic year's National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC.)
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition
and Scholarships that began in 1955, The honors awarded by NMSC to
exceptionally able students are viewed as definitive marks of excellence.

Approximately 1.6 million High School students from 22,000 high schools
participate. Semifinalists are the highest-scoring program entrants in each state and
represent the top 0.5% percent of the state's senior students, and remain in the
running to become Finalists and potential recipients of the Merit Scholarships.

Five Carrollton seniors are named National Merit Semifinalists based on their
performance on the 2016 PSAT/NMSQT. They are: Tanya Eathakotti, Maria Felix-
Padilla, Nathalie Fuentes, Isabella Luna and Margarita Sitterson.
Five seniors are named Commended students. They are: Elizabeth Bee, Gabriela
Blanco, Daniela Buitrago, Andrea Delgado and Sydney Sariol.
Nine Carrollton seniors are recognized as National Hispanic Scholars representing the top 2.5% of Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT test-
takers in our region, They are: Elizabeth Bee, Gabriela Blanco, Rebeca Boudet, Andrea Delgado, Maria Feliz-Padilla, Gabriella Perez, Irina Perez
Ulivi, Sydney Sariol and Margarita Sitterson.
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