Parsippany Junior selected for the New Jersey Scholars Program

Parsippany High School junior Shuba Prasadh has been selected to attend the prestigious 2019 New Jersey Scholars Program. The New Jersey Scholars Program is a tuition-free, five-week summer program for students who are New Jersey residents, rising high school students, and U.S. citizens.

Each high school is permitted to submit up to two applications and the process is coordinated by the Director of Guidance. Shuba was one of two students at PHS nominated to apply by faculty and administration. Applicants write essays, detail extracurricular activities, submit a writing sample, letters of recommendation, and a transcript of their grades. If selected as a semifinalist, applicants are invited to participate in a group interview with NJSP. The Program selects 39 Scholars from among the semifinalists.

The mission of the New Jersey Scholars Program is to reach out to able and enthusiastic students who come from a broad cross-section of the state’s population. The program creates an intense, interdisciplinary intellectual experience that will change students’ lives by teaching them to think in a new way - which involves relating disciplines instead of dividing them. Scholars participate in lectures and small-group seminars where they actively engage with the disciplines. They also have extensive reading assignments, and pursue research at world class libraries and museums. They write essays and work closely with a faculty member to produce a 10-15 page interdisciplinary research paper. They are also stretched as they hone their creative talents in art, music, writing, drama and public speaking by contributing to an Arts Festival that is thematically related to the Program topic.

This summer's program is titled "Mind and Body: The Future of Being Human." The program topic changes every two years and over the years, the faculty have been drawn from a wide variety of U.S. and international colleges and universities.

Congratulations to Shuba Prasadh for being selected for this competitive and prestigious program!