Michael Thurber of Heritage High School.
Heritage High School senior Michael Thurber has been named a 2015 Presidential Scholar Candidate. This is an immense achievement and recognizes Thurber’s distinguished high school career. Earlier this year, he earned a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT test. On average, less than one-tenth of a percent of students earn this top score. Thurber is also highly invested in the Speech and Debate program, competing in the category Duo Interpretation. An accomplished singer with the Heritage Concert Choir and Show Choir groups, he is described by his school guidance counselor as an outside-the-box thinker.
Created in 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholar Program is run through the U.S. Department of Education and is one the nation’s highest honors for high school students. Only 71 high school seniors in Colorado were named Presidential Scholar Candidates for the 2014-2015 school year. To be included as a candidate is a clear indication of the academic excellence, at a national level, that Thurber has achieved. Selected by the Commission on Presidential Scholars, up to 141 Presidential Scholars will be announced this spring.
Michael Thurber will be honored for his achievements by Superintendent Scott Murphy and the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education at the regularly scheduled Board Meeting on April 9, 2015.