Bothell High School senior Rebecca Peoples has been awarded $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship. Peoples was one of 1,300 semifinalists from across the country in competition for one of 800 National Achievement Scholarships.

The National Achievement Scholarship Program is an academic competition providing recognition for outstanding Black American high school students. Black students may enter both the National Achievement Program and the National Merit® Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and meeting other published requirements for participation.

Black American students can qualify for recognition and be honored as Scholars in both the National Merit Program and the National Achievement Program, but can receive only one monetary award from National Merit Scholarship Corporation.