Keystone student advances in national scholarship competition

BY DAN HILDEBRAN

Monitor Editor

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County District Schools said Caleb Moncrief has advanced to the next round in the competition for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

“He is one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program,” the district said in a social media post.  “The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2022.”

The district added that inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program is one of the highest honors graduating high school seniors can achieve.