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CCPS Students Nationally Recognized by College Board

Culpeper County Public Schools

September 18, 2026

The 2026 National Recognition Program awarded more than 300,000 high-achieving students with a national academic distinction to help them stand out to colleges and scholarship programs.

[Culpeper, VA] – Culpeper County Public Schools is proud to celebrate students who earned academic honors through the College Board National Recognition Program, available on bigfuture.org. This year, 21 of our students were among the more than 300,000 recipients nationwide─the highest participation in the program’s history.

Culpeper County High School Recipients

  • Abigayle Ventura – First Generation Recognition Award

  • Alyssa O'Connor – First Generation Recognition Award

  • Davis Crosley – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Fitzgerald Lawrence – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Leah Norman – First Generation Recognition Award

  • Madeleine Bailey – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Maxwell Rechkemmer – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Miles Lawrence – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Peyton Delano – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Rian Hutchison – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Samson Delatorre – First Generation Recognition Award

Eastern View High School Recipients

  • Blake S. Beach – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Kaylee M. Clark – School Recognition Award; First-Generation Recognition Award

  • Dike O. Eleonu – School Recognition Award; Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award

  • Natalie A. Ferlazzo – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Giselle Guevara Herrera – First-Generation Recognition Award

  • Landon P. LaVenuta – School Recognition Award

  • Attia J. Nunley – School Recognition Award; First-Generation Recognition Award

  • Autumn R. Oliver – First-Generation Recognition Award

  • Diego A. Ramirez – Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award; First-Generation Recognition Award; School Recognition Award

  • Abigail A. Sewordor – First-Generation Recognition Award; School Recognition Award; Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award

The College Board National Recognition Program, available on bigfuture.org, consists of the following official academic awards recognizing students in all communities: First-Generation Recognition Award, Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award, and School Recognition Award.

 

 To be eligible, 10th- and 11th-grade students must earn a cumulative GPA of B+ or higher and either score 3 or above on two or more AP Exams by the end of 10th grade. They also qualify if they’re one of the top 10% of test takers─in their high school, among first-generation college students in their state, and/or among rural and small-town students in their state.

 

Colleges and universities are eager to recruit National Recognition Program awardees who have demonstrated strong academic success across a wide range of schools and communities. Thousands of nonprofit colleges and scholarship organizations can connect with awardees who opt in to College Board Student Search Service™ to share more about their institutions and programs.

 

“For students across the country, the award represents more than an academic honor. It signals their achievement to colleges and scholarship programs that may not actively recruit in their communities,” said Amy Reitz, senior vice president of BigFuture at College Board. “We congratulate all students at Culpeper County High School and Eastern View High School who earned an award by demonstrating exceptional academic achievement.”

 

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About BigFuture

 

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