Five RLT Seniors Named National Hispanic Recognition Scholars

R. L. Turner High School seniors Brenda Cecena, Jorge Chacon, Kevin Garcia, Joseph Peña, and Victor Ron have been named National Hispanic Recognition Scholars for 2012. The National hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) was founded in 1983 by the College Board’s National Merit Scholarship Corporation. NHRP Scholars must meet the minimum PSAT/NMSQT cutoff score for the state and achieve a minimum grade point average (GPA) requirement. The NHRP honors approximately 5,000 of the highest scoring students from the approximately 235,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the PSAT/NMSQT.