MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Paloma Colacion, graduating senior at Middletown High School, has been recognized as a member of the National Hispanic Recognition Program.
The National Hispanic Recognition Program, or NHRP, identifies academically outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students.
Each year, the NHRP honors more than 5,000 of the highest-scoring students from over 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
These students are from the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Mariana Islands and the Marshall Islands, as well as U.S. citizens attending schools abroad.
Approximately 200 of the top-scoring Prueba de Aptitud Académica, or PAA, students from Puerto Rico are also included.
Although the NHRP does not provide a financial award, being named is an important academic recognition.
Colacion will be attending the University of Arizona on a full ride academic scholarship. She will be studying engineering in the honors program.
Middletown High School Principal Bill Roderick said Colacion's recognition is “a big deal” for her and her family, as well as for the school.