The rising seniors had the opportunity to apply for two 2016 Elevation Scholar award. The first award included a price of 35,000 dollars, while the second award was of 5,000. Students had to fill out an extensive application, submit an essay, and request two teacher recommendation.
After the submission of their application, students were interviewed, and so was their parents and a teacher. In this round, some students were eliminated. Those that passed had to be interviewed by a panel of people called the Award Selection Committee. The committee included: Harvard graduates, Duke graduates, former winners, teachers, doctors, a psychologist, actors, businessmen, and the founders themselves. That was the final round. The 2016 finalist were Amanda Yates, Khun Zaw, Flor Salcedo, and Marangellie Garcia; from these finalist, three were Cambridge students. These students attended a banquet on Thursday, May 19. Amanda Yates and Khun Zaw won the 5,000 dollar award that included tutors for ACT help and help with scholarship applications. Each 5,000 award winner showed either leadership, service, kindness, or discipline. Flor Salcedo and Marangellie Garcia won the 35,000 award that included tutoring for ACT help, scholarship applications, flights for them and their family to visit colleges, and an internship during college. From those finalist three are Cambridge students.
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