Rosemond Dorleans Receives Scholarship

This was reprinted directly from the Indian River District News.  This is quite an honor.  Rosemond plays the bass in our Marching Band.
 

Rosemond Dorleans Named National Scholar 

Rosemond Dorleans of Sussex Central High School received a National Horatio Alger Scholarship valued at $20,000, while Austin Roadarmel of Indian River High School was awarded a Delaware Horatio Alger Scholarship valued at $5,000. Dorleans was the only student from Delaware to be named a 2013 National Scholar.

The Horatio Alger Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to students who have exhibited integrity and perseverance in overcoming personal adversity, and who aspire to pursue higher education. Each year, the Association awards more than 100 national scholarships of $20,000 each to high school seniors from across the United States. These winners are chosen from more than 40,000 applicants annually. Since its inception in 1984, the program has award nearly $90 million to more than 15,000 students nationwide.
Dorleans, who plans to attend MIT and study civil engineering, is the fifth Sussex Central student in the past 16 years to be named a national scholar. Other winners were Jonathan Gibson (1997), Michelle Brittingham Gutierrez (2002), Megan Seek (2005) and Cristie Happekotte (2007).

“Sussex Central High School was ecstatic to learn of Rosemond’s tremendous accomplishment,” Principal Jay Owens said. “He is very deserving of this honor. His conscientiousness and work ethic in the classroom are always apparent.”

Dorleans will attend the Horatio Alger National Scholars Conference in Washington, D.C. from April 1-7. At the event, he will meet the other 2013 National Scholars along with distinguished members of the Horatio Alger Association.