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Pictured at left are recipients of the North Rock Creek academic letter sweaters. They are, from left: Back row: Nicole Adcock Hannah Ehtisham Hope Hanna Alexandra Tkachenko Abigail Smith Front row: Coolidge Rendleman CJ Haney Emma Monge Tansy Brooks
North Rock Creek awarded academic letter sweaters to nine seniors recently.
To receive an Academic Letter Sweater, students must: 1) Be in the top 10% based on academic ranking on classes for high school credit through the end of the 11th-grade year 2) Have attended North Rock Creek High School from the start of the 11thgrade year 3) Have fulfilled or be working towards an Honors Diploma Justin MacDonald, principal at North Rock Creek, said the school decided on letter sweaters instead of jackets for several reasons.
“Often our students already have a letter jacket,” he wrote. “Different from the jacket, a sweater allows the students more time to wear it during the spring and fall or during the winter under their letter jacket, it is more likely to be worn at college, and it sets our students apart from other academic award jackets.”
Arvest Bank sponsored the sweaters and banquets and the students were awarded Oklahoma Baptist University’s Founder’s Academic scholarship. This scholarship is $15,000 per year for a total of $60,000 for four years. This scholarship can be combined with other scholarships/awards they may also receive.