16 Wayland Union Students Earn College Board National Recognition

Back Row (L-R): Keira Laker, Lauren Bultsma, Reagan Cardosa, Brielle Dykhuis, Reilyn Heppe, Gwenyth Hudson, Clayton Jackson, Brooke Trumbull

Front Row (L-R): Madelyn Bouma, Ayva Mulder, Allyson Nagel, Lauren Page, Ari Rohde, Alexander Stepek

Not Pictured: Aelissa Kipen and Mya Wagner

Wayland Union Schools is proud to celebrate 16 students who earned academic honors through the College Board National Recognition Program. They join more than 300,000 recipients nationwide in a year that marked the highest participation in the program’s history.

The program celebrates academic achievement in communities across the country through three awards: the First-Generation Recognition Award, the Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award, and the School Recognition Award. These honors help students stand out to colleges and scholarship programs as they plan for life after high school.

“Our students have been recognized for their dedication and excellence, and we're incredibly proud of them. This honor reinforces their exceptional achievements in high school and will support them in their pursuit of a big future,” said Santino Di Cesare, Wayland Union High School principal.

“For students across the country, the award represents more than an academic honor. It signals their achievement to colleges and scholarship programs that may not actively recruit in their communities,” said Amy Reitz, senior vice president of BigFuture at College Board. “We congratulate all students at Wayland Union Schools who earned an award by demonstrating exceptional academic achievement.”

Congratulations to our students on this national recognition of their hard work and academic success!