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Westchester HS Student Wins $10K Scholarship: 'Feels Surreal'
A high school junior from Westchester was awarded a whopping $10,000 scholarship to go toward her future college education. Tamera Tate, an 11th-grade student at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy, was awarded the scholarship by the College Board in a ceremony held on Thursday, March 2, the school announced. One of only 12 students in the entirety of New York state to be chosen for the $10,000 scholarship, Tate was selected after participating in BigFuture, an online guide created by the College Board that helps students plan for what comes after high school. Just by partici…
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Here's When SAT Will Go Completely Online, College Board Says
The SAT, a standardized test used for college admissions, is set to move to a completely digital format. Students outside of the United States will start taking the SAT digitally in 2023, and in the US, the digital test will start being administered in 2024, the College Board announced on Tuesday, Jan. 25. According to the announcement, a variety of other changes will be made to the exam. The digital test will be shortened to about two hours instead of three, with shorter reading passages and topics that "will reflect a wider range of topics that represent the works students read in …
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Byram Hills HS Wins Award Celebrating Female Representation In Computer Science
Byram Hills High School has been recognized for its female representation in computer science, the district announced Thursday, April 11. The award, called the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award, is a newly created honor from the College Board that recognizes schools that are closing the gender gap and getting more girls involved in computer science. The school won the award for having high female representation in the AP Computer Science Principles course during the previous school year, the first time the class was offered. “I am thrilled that Byram Hills has been given this hono…