Franklin, Centennial High Seniors Candidates For Prestigious Presidential Scholars Program

FRANKLIN, TN — Franklin High School senior Musa Subramaniam and Centennial's David Price are among the 21 Williamson County Schools students selected as candidates for the highly regarded Presidential Scholars program.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars program is one of the highest achievements for any graduating high school senior. There are only 4,000 candidates selected from around the country. Students are selected based on academic and artistic achievements, leadership skills, community and school involvement and strong character.

The semifinalists will be selected in April. The finalists will be chosen in May, and they will be invited to Washington, D.C. for several days in June to attend the recognition ceremony.

In addition to Subramaniam and Price, the following WCS seniors were named as candidates:

• Katherine Beier, Brentwood High
• Shirley Cai, Brentwood High
• Sarah Dillender, Brentwood High
• Matthew Donahue, Brentwood High
• Mary Ezell, Brentwood High
• Joseph Gripenstraw, Brentwood High
• Chiraag Kaushik, Brentwood High
• Arjun Keerthi, Brentwood High
• Shreyas Kumar, Brentwood High
• Alexander Qin, Brentwood High
• Liam Spoletini, Independence High
• Hunter Spivey, Page High
• Jared Boggs, Ravenwood High
• Cailyn Goodbred, Ravenwood High
• Theodore Grosson, Ravenwood High
• Rhea Jaisinghani, Ravenwood High
• Jerry Lu, Ravenwood High
• Alyssa Parker, Ravenwood High

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