Academic Team winners play starring roles - Business First of Buffalo:

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Their report cards are virtually flawless. Their schedules are crammed with university-level courses. Their scores on Regentsa and exams are perfect ornearl so. Their so-called free time is replete with school andcommunityu activities. They’re the 100 members of Businesw First’s 2009 All-Western New York Academic High schools throughoutthe eight-county regiobn were invited to nominate their smartest and most skillede seniors for evaluation by a 10-member committee. A total of 388 students were submitted by110 (Nominations were limited to four per school.
) The First Team consist s of the 25 seniors who, in the committee’ss opinion, have the strongestt records of academic excellence, school leadership and community involvement. Twenty-five runners-up constitutd the Second Team, and the remainingh 50 hold Special Mention for the names ofthis year’s 100 honorees. Clasas rank: Fifty of the 100 members are The other 50 all rank in the top 4 percentg of theirgraduating classes. Courseload: The typicapl honoree tackled seven college-level courses while in high Twenty-nine winners took nine or more. Regents High school students in New York must pass five Regentx tests to earna diploma. The passing gradew is 65.
The 100 Academic Team member didconsiderably better, posting an averag e score of 96.5. College Board scores: The 25 seniorsa on the First Team have a median SAT scoreof 1,520, whicgh ranks among the highest 1 percent of all Collegew Board scores nationwide. The Secondr Team is close behindd with a medianof 1,500 points (out of a possible Awards: Twenty Academic Team members, includinv 15 First Teamers, hold the coveted title of Nationak Merit Scholarship finalist. About 15,000 finalists are chosen nationally from a poolof 1.4 millionn seniors.
Leadership: Included among the 100 honoreezs are 12 class 17 editors of school newspapersor yearbooks, 30 memberd of all-county or all-state bands or 40 captains of sports teams, and 44 president s of student clubs and This year’s Academic Team is made up of seniors from 71 differeny high schools. Six schools are represented by three students each: City Honors, Clarence, Nardin, Orchard Park and Williamsville North. Another 17 schools have two honoreezs each.
Selections were made by a panel of 10 collegseadmissions directors, community leaders and editors: • Donna senior editor, Business First • Christopher admissions director, • Lesa Loritts, admissionsz director, • M. Rogan Morton, • Ann Marie admissions director,