Local California Student Named Semifinalist In Presidential Scholar Program

(PRWEB) April 26, 2006 -- Kevin E. Verbael, of Oceanside, CA, was recently named one of approximately 550 semi-finalist in the 2006 Presidential Scholar’s Program. Visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/awards.html for a list of semifinalists.

The Presidential Scholar's program is sponsored by the US Department of Education

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. Candidates are selected by surveying the SAT scores and Artistic/Cultural achievements of all US high school

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 seniors to select 2600 students initially as candidates. After a review process of each candidate's overall achievement and community service record, a group of 550 semifinalists are chosen. Approximately 130 finalist will be chosen from this group of semifinalist in mid May which will have an opportunity to meet the President and a group of dignitaries in Washington DC this summer. To be chosen as a Presidential scholar candidate is one of the highest honors a high school student can achieve.

Kevin E. Verbael is a 17 year old senior at St. Margaret’s Episcopal school in San Juan Capistrano. His parents are Diana Verbael-Larrabee and Dana Larrabee from Oceanside, CA.

Kevin is planning on attending Harvard College next year and is applying to be part of their advanced standing program which enables individuals with sufficient AP placement to graduate in 3 years. He is interested in pursuing a career in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.

Major Achievements:

President and Founder - http://www.Boomerangs.com
President – SMES Engineering Society
AMC10 Math Competition – 1st in School
Defensive MVP – SMES Varsity Soccer

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 - 2006
National Hispanic Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
Harvard Book Award winner - 2005
Cum Laude Society Member - GPA = 4.48