Wasilla High grad recognized Presidential Sch

MAT-SU—Tonight Deputy Mayor Lynne Woods for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough read a proclamation recognizing Leif Kilkenny Johnson as a 2009 National Presidential Scholar from Alaska, an honor reserved for the top students in the nation.

Two students from each state are selected and are expected to be presented their gold medals by the President.

Candidates for the honor must have scored in the top 3,000 students nationwide (the top 1/5th of 1 percent) on the SAT and ACT exams.

Johnson has previously represented Alaska at the national level five times, most recently as a member of the 2009 Alaska State Champion Academic WorldQuest team. Previously in 2005 Johnson represented Alaska as the State Champion at the National Geography Bee. In 2003, 2004 and 2005, he was a member of the State Champion Science Olympiad team and represented Alaska at Science Olympiad tournaments in Ohio and Illinois.

All of Johnson's education career has been in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.

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