Academic News Senior earns National Hispanic Recognition Senior Tristan Lago has been recognized as a national Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar, finishing among the top 2.5 percent of Hispanic and Latino students in the Midwest who took the College Board’s PSAT/NMSQT test last year. As with the National Merit Scholarship Program, NHRP uses the junior year PSAT/NMSQT as the qualifying test.
Tristan Lago
Lago carries a 4.3 grade-point average and is ranked 13th in his class of 167 students. He scored a 1440 on the SAT and a 28 on the ACT. He is interested in attending the University of Michigan, University of Detroit Mercy, or Wayne State University.
“Tristan Lago is an excellent student who has represented De La Salle and his family extremely well with his outstanding work ethic,” said De La Salle counselor Dominic Reid. “Tristan being recognized as a scholar through the National Hispanic Program should come as no surprise to any of the faculty and staff at De La Salle. He is truly deserving of this honor.” Every year, 250,000 Hispanic/Latino students take the PSAT/NMSQT, and about 7,000 of those students are recognized and invited to apply for the national program. While the program doesn’t award scholarship money, being a part of the program is an academic honor that can help students get accepted to colleges. It can also help win prestigious scholarships. The NHRP helps identify outstanding Hispanic high school students. They share information about these students with subscribing colleges and universities.
Campbell will lead IB CAS Andrew Campbell, who serves as the school psychologist, is taking on the coordinator position for the Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) piece of the International Baccalaureate program. New IB Coordinator Eric Wynn made the appointment in late August.
out the academic year. CAS is a component of the IB Diploma process. “Andrew has already distinguished himself as the CAS Coordinator,” Wynn said. “He is coordinating fall service opportunities, and chaperoned the September CAS trip to Montana and the De La Salle Blackfeet School. We are lucky to have him aboard.”
“I am very grateful and excited to be a part of our IB program,” Campbell said. “The young men in the program are truly inspiring.” Campbell, now in his second year at De La Salle, will coordinate the creative, active, and service activities for all IB students through-
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Andrew Campbell
The work complements Campbell’s school position where he also advises students, provides counseling, and coordinates support services.
