Nine Johns Creek Students Named Semifinalists in National Achievement Program

Nine students from Fulton County schools serving Johns Creek have been named semifinalists in the 50th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program, an academic competition for African-American high school students.

The following students who attend one of the four Johns Creek schools are National Achievement Semi-Finalists:

The students were identified through exceptionally high scores on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which they took as juniors. 

As semifinalists, the students now must fulfill several requirements in order to advance to the finalist round. They must have a record of high academic performance, be endorsed and recommended by their school principal and earn SAT scores that confirm their earlier qualifying test performance.

Approximately 1,300 finalists will be named in January, and of these, 800 overall winners will be chosen for $2,500 National Achievement scholarships from the organization. Approximately $2.5 million scholarship funds will be awarded nationwide.

The Fulton County School System is the fourth largest school system in Georgia. Approximately 95,000 students attend 100 schools in the cities of Alpharetta, Chattahoochee Hills, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Johns Creek, Milton, Mountain Park, Palmetto, Roswell, Sandy Springs and Union City. The district also serves students in unincorporated Fulton County.