Emerging Leaders

Jose Alvarenga and Ingrid Zamora have been chosen to participate in the Student Emerging Leaders Program at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Annual Legislative Conference. Charnelle Pinkett and Kefre Akpaete have been chosen to participate in the Student Emerging Leaders Program at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference. Prior to the conference, each student will be responsible for selecting a topic that will be discussed by Congressional legislators at the conference. On the day of the conference, students will attend sessions specially designed for them as well as some of the conference break-out sessions. Each student will be escorted by a member from the business community. Later in the school year, the students will attend a reception with the event’s sponsors, Congressman Christopher Van Hollen and Congressman Albert Wynn. What a wonderful opportunity!

STAR Scholarship Winners

Springbrook High School has the second greatest number of STAR Scholarship winners in MCPS. The following twenty-two students will be recognized: Omoniyi Akande ($1,000), Nenna Akpaete* ($1,000), Erica Barnett ($1,000), Rutchilia Bleus* ($1,000), Rachael Browning ($250), Jenise Ebanks ($250), Nicodemus Guetatchew* ($1,000), Rodney Kizito ($1,000), Katrina-Camille Lowe* ($1,000), Abeyu Mengistu (Certificate of Merit), Charnelle Pinkett ($250), Jessica Sawadogo ($1,000), Dara Wilson ($1,000), Alan Adebayo (Certificate of Merit), Kefre Akpuete ($1,000), Juliana Atabong ($1,000), Steven Johnson** ($250), Meraf Kebede ($250), Kaela Landon ($1,000), Aselin Lands ($1,000), Charles Mwalimu ($1,000), Yowhens Semaie ($250)

Juliana Atabong Wins Scholarship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Juliana Atabong, a sophomore at Springbrook High School, has been awarded a full scholarship to the 2007 Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, "Infectious Disease Detectives: Fighting Epidemics Using the Right Tools." This six-week long educational program is centered around a college-level seminar for gifted and highly motivated high school sophomores. Admission to TASS is highly selective. Teachers and guidance counselors first nominate promising students for candidacy to TASS. After completing a rigorous five-essay application and submitting an academic recommendation and transcript, TASS finalists are selected from the already competitive group of applicants. Each candidate receives a personal interview by an associate or member of the Telluride Association board, after which a central committee selects the scholarship recipients. TASS Scholars enjoy free tuition, room and board, and books at the seminar for which they are selected. Terica Adams, a Springbrook junior, was accepted last year and spent the summer in Michigan.

Springbrook Alumna is Division Three All-American

The Salisbury University women's lacrosse program completed its 11th consecutive winning season in 2007 and captured its fifth straight Capital Athletic Conference championship. Salisbury has won seven overall CAC titles (2000, '01, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07) and made NCAA tournament appearances in eight of the past nine years (1999-2001, '03-07). In 2005 Salisbury earned its first-ever No. 1 ranking and finished the year as national runner-up.

Katie Simmons (Springbrook High School's class of 2003) was named 1st Team All-American, Division 3 Collegiate Womens' Lacrosse.