Tessa Pierce has been named one of 161 US Presidential Scholars!!!!!  The 625 semifinalists were selected from nearly 6,500 candidates (out of 3.2 million seniors) expected to graduate from US high schools in the year 2021.

Tessa Pierce was named as a dual candidate scholar, in the general category and she was nominated by Superintendent Chris Reykdal for her accomplishments in career and technical education (CTE).

Tessa is the first student from the state of Washington to be named a dual candidate scholar in these two categories.  Her candidate application was evaluated for each category separately, and she advanced as a semifinalist in both.

Click here to see the official Press Release.

WAY TO GO, TESSA!!!  WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!