Moorestown Friends School Senior Named National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalist

Moorestown Friends School senior Austin Harris, of Willingboro, has been named a National Achievement Scholarship Program Semifinalist.

The National Achievement® Scholarship Program is an academic competition established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding African-American high school students. Of the more than 160,000 students who enter the National Achievement® Program each year, a group of about 1,600 are named semifinalists. In January, about 1,300 students will advance to the finalist level. All Achievement Scholar awardees will be selected from the finalist group on the basis of their abilities, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies.