Thirteen Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) students are recipients of full-tuition, four-year college scholarships awarded by the Posse Foundation.
The students were honored at a ceremony on Jan. 4, according to an announcement from MCPS.
The Posse program identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential that may have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes.
Nationally, more than 60 colleges and universities each offer full-tuition, merit scholarships to students throughout the country and create multicultural teams—called Posses—on each campus. These student teams receive professional guidance before and throughout college and provide support to one another.
On campus, these students serve in important leadership roles.
Below is a list of this year’s MCPS Posse scholarship recipients. The students come from 10 high schools and will be attending six different colleges.
- Kobina Asafu Adjaye, Richard Montgomery High School, attending University of Rochester
- Laureenhill Ambe, James Hubert Blake High School, attending University of Rochester
- Bryan Beri, Paint Branch High School, attending Sewanee: The University of the South
- Ashwini Chari-Large, Northwood High School, attending Lewis & Clark College
- Ibrahima Cisse, Albert Einstein High School, attending Lewis & Clark College
- Juliette Cortez, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, attending University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Luis Villafana Cueto, Poolesville High School, attending University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Isaah Douglas, Paint Branch High School, attending Bucknell University
- Bryan Kibet, Walter Johnson High School, attending Lewis & Clark College
- Briana Lasanta, James Hubert Blake High School, attending Sewanee: The University of the South
- Daniela Luseko, Montgomery Blair High School, attending University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Glennis Sanchez Ogando, Richard Montgomery High School, attending Sewanee: The University of the South
- Julien Payen, Watkins Mill High School, attending University of Wisconsin–Madison
