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Dorchester School District Two Celebrates More than 100 South Carolina Junior Scholars
Press Release
Dorchester School District Two is represented on the state level by more than 100 South Carolina Junior Scholars from the 2022-2023 school year.
The SC Junior Scholars program through the SC Department of Education identifies eighth-grade students with exceptional academic and intellectual talent. Students have the opportunity to take the PSAT/NMSQT, which is an above grade level assessment that measures college readiness.
The program includes a process for screening using the PSAT/NMSQT, identifying and recognizing those students with exceptionally high scholastic and intellectual ability from the screening, and the offering of summer and weekend opportunities to these students in collaboration with colleges and universities and the SC Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics.
SC Junior Scholar candidates are the eligible students who scored 550 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing portion of the PSAT/NMSQT or scored 530 or higher on the Mathematics portion of the PSAT/NMSQT.
For the 2023-2024 academic year, families can refer their 8th grade student to participate in PSAT/NMSQT testing through September 15th on Parent Portal. The cost of the PSAT/NMSQT is $18. Families will need to pay with cash, check or money order made payable to the student’s school. Results will be communicated to families in December.
2022-2023 SC Junior Scholars by School:
Alston Middle School
Evan Bowles
Jasmine Bryant
Jonathon Cook
Satine Edwards
Emily Gomez
Alena Hinson
James Metzger
Cheyanne Short
Lorelei Sullivan
DuBose Middle School
Gentry Barr
Benjamin Dela Cruz
Emeryk Eang
Haley Grant
David Greer
Rodney Hannah
Devon Hauck
Ellery Liburd
Olivia Lynch
Caroline Moore
Caitlyn Poff
Kyler Scarborough
East Edisto Middle School
Alesia Bireescu
Rhys Brennan
Jacob McCray
Tristan Oxborrow
Kate Sparks
Hollan Sparrow
Kathryn Thorp
Gregg Middle School
Cyrus Anthony
Patrick Bock
Miles Burdiss
Benjamin Bush
Wesley Downey
Renee Dustin
Tula Hildebrand
Abigail Houck
Jordyn Hurst
Linus Ingram
Izabella Nelson
Tyler Pierce
Alexander Ray
Cozette Romero
Oakbrook Middle School
Chloe Asibey-Bonsu
Jaxon Bates
Mason Bates
Maurice Cannon
David Chronister
Zachary Dauphin
Lydia Horton
David Knobloch
Hao Yu Lin
Erick Martinez Tovar
Cade Merfeld
Tyler Warne
Kyle Yu
Rollings Middle School of the Arts
Selina Cheng
Timothy Cornett
Olivia Dietze
Christopher Digennaro
Charlotte Erling
Kennedy Fowler
Gianna Guse
Philip Hammond
Timothy Hammond
Caleb Haugh
Luke Hazelip
Carlos Infante
James Jones
Makiyah Kirkman
Bryce Kuhl
Hunter Lane
Emma Lemieux
Katelyn Lim
Gloria Lyons
Nathan McHale
Angelina Mousset
Camden Peters
Samantha Pittman
Tate Schrimpf
Haylee Shoemake
Ava Shoup
Derek Smith
Myles Smith
Mischa Soderlund
Nikitha Sounderrajan
Genevieve Stark
Webster Templeton
Gabrielle Theriault
Tarleton Thiessen
Jackson Tracy
Juliana Walker
Kasey Wells
Lily Wilkerson
Jacob Williams
Jonah Willmarth
Arno Yang
Zhang Serena
River Oaks Middle School
Mark Albrecht
Madison Gibson
Nilyah Glover
Taylor Monroy-Garduno
Duyen Nguyen
Evan Powell
Samantha Simiskey
Gracie Winn