ACT Recognizes 201 PreACT Rising Stars at Richards High School

More than 200 Harold L. High School students have earned national recognition for their achievements on the PreACT 8/9 exam.

The PreACT Rising Stars program honors students who score in the top half of all U.S. students who take the PreACT 8/9 Assessment. That exam provides a preview of the ACT test experience, along with a highly reliable prediction of how students might perform on the ACT. The information is critical in helping schools adjust instruction strategies and demonstrating to students that college could be in reach should they decide to pursue that path.

The PreACT Rising Stars program recognizes students at three levels:

• Distinguished Scholars Award, recognizing students who score in the top 3% of test takers by U.S. Rank.
• Rising Scholars Award, for students who score in the top 4-10% of test takers by U.S. Rank.
• Early Scholars Award, honoring students who score in the top 11-50% of test takers by U.S. Rank.

Richards had six Distinguished Scholars, 26 Rising Scholars and 169 Early Scholars. Congratulations to the following students:

Distinguished Scholars: Liliana Demarah, Aiden Elmer-Scanlan, Jayden Hernandez, Kaylee Riola, Anas Shaibat and Zachary Willer.

Rising Scholars: Andrew Bartkowiak, Nabil Batroukh, Brandon Bikulcius, Neo Buending, Aniyah Burke, Brenna Chavosky, Hamza Edrees, Thomas Finn, Makenzie Fitzgerald, Zerenity Garcia, Jackson Hamilton, Cadence Hampton, Eduardo Huerta-Leon, Carly Janor, Zaina Jilani, Lily Lewis, Maxwell Lichter, Noah Padalino, Laurali Powers, Madison Roman, Alan Rubio, Harleen Sievers, Angelique Torres, Chioma Ugochukwu, Dylan Willer and Angel Zelaya.

Early Scholars: Lisbeth Acevedo, Benjamin Adcock, Rayan Akram, Rimas Al Hawamdeh, Adrian Alexander, Katie Alexander, Yara Alghoul, Aya Alzoubi, Samaya Anaqrah, Fatima Aoun, Olivia Avitia, Noah Ayala, Noah Bartkowiak, London Bernard, Kaiden Brown, Giosue Bruno, Blake Bush, Alberto Campos, Itzel Campuzano, Destiny Chaidez, Jakobe Chalmers, Miracle Chigozie, Mathew Chrobak, Kennedi Colbert, Kenneth Coney Jr, Alexia Contan, Alexander Correa, Tavares Crosby Jr, Antonio Cruz, Jonathan Davalos, Evangelina De La Rosa, Arnold Downs, Jamir Esther, Amari Evans, Nery Flores, Calvin Fortier, Emma Frasher, Alexa Frazier, Ella Gallaher, Giselle Gallegos, Eileen Garcia, Charles Garcia, Abia Garcia, Aniyah Garcia, Nikolet Garza, Gizelle Garza, Daniella Gilbert, Krystian Gilewski, Nicole Guerra, Abigail Guerrero, Giselle Guzman, Seja Hadi, Leah Hayden, Raba Hennawi, Romeo Hernandez, Aaliyah Herrera, Amiya Hogan, Griffin Hunt, Nemer Ikhmies, Abdelazeez Jaber, Kandyl Jennings, Chloe Johnson, Kaila Johnson, Kemani Johnson, Samantha Johnson, David Johnson, Julia Jones, Yousef Kaisi, Hala Kasim, Kayleigh Kasper, Reign Kayode, Jaxson Kern, Yousef Khalil, Hayley Kirk, Madison Koehler, Eva Koniecki, Ioanna Koutsis, Kevin Kuszak, Logan Kwilinski, Liam Lagunas, Nathaniel Larry, Bao Le, Zoe Lee, Evan Lindsey, Max Lopez, Natalia Lopez, Sebastian Lopez, Isabel Lopez, Bella Lopez-Allsot, Adan Lopez-Bautista, Adrian Manjarrez, Jakari Marshall, Analie Martinez, David Martinez, Owen Masek, Conrad Matys, Zmyrah Mays, Mattison Mcintosh, Levi Meyer, Lugain Mhanna, Emily Mikuta, Saniya Miller, Samiah Miller, Layla Mitchell, Yulissa Montes-Castrejon, Isaac Morales, Mi' Kiyla Morgan, Liame Morrar-Rodriguez, Hamza Mothana, Omar Mustafa, Jomana Nafi, Hannah Nieft, Motasem Nowara, James O'Connor, Ismail Obic, Brendan Orourke, Aine Page, Mallorie Palafox, Kacper Pojasek, Emily Price, Waleed Rafati, Jocelyn Ramirez, Aaliyah Rangel, Ariana Ribota, Mia Rico, Julissa Rivas, Ximena Rivera, Kahory Rodarte, Liliana Rodriguez, Jose Rodriguez, Jaden Rodriguez, Quentin Rogers, Jaylynn Romero, Elena Rosales, Payton Rudd, Zaid Saleh, Zaina Samara, Cirelle Sanchez, Sebastian Sanchez, Jane Sandoval, Alyssa Schmittel, Marcos Serna-Gomez, David Shabazz Jr, Olivia Shaffer, Jacob Smolarek, Anthony Smolarek, Fabian Sotelo, Jacen Stack, Malachi Stevens, Sara Suciu, Nathaniel Sweet, Mary Sweis, Ghanem Sweis, Maciej Szymsaj, Rose Taheny, David Tansey, Paul Tebo, Kyrie Terry, Remas Tlaimat, Myah Torres, Anagloria Urquizo, Vivien Vanaria, Charles Weber, Brelyn Weick-Dido, Ali Yahya, Natalie Zapata, Izabella Zarycki, Mina Zayed and Quinn Ziegler.

The PreACT 8/9 assessment and the Rising Stars program were created to help identify areas of academic strength and opportunity. This assessment provides a starting point to postsecondary pathways, helping educators, students and parents get a better understanding of a student’s college and career readiness early in their academic career.

For more information on PreACT assessments, visit act.org/preact.