Jack Xu, a senior at Walton High School, is one of four students from Georgia and among 161 nationwide to be named a U.S. Presidential Scholar.
The Georgia Department of Education Wednesday announced the news of the 59th such class, which is chosen by the U.S. Department of Education.
Students are selected for “their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.”
Xu is an honor student at Walton and this year was named a STAR Student by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators.
He was a varsity swimmer and also participated in a number of academic and other extracurricular organizations at Walton, including the East Cobb chapter of AYLUS, or The Alliance of Youth Leaders in the U.S., of which he is a former president.
Xu, who recently was named a recipient of a National Merit Scholarship, will be attending Princeton University, per the MDJ, majoring in classics and minoring in economics.
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