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TAHLEQUAH, OK - Fifty students from Sequoyah High School have met the criteria to be nominated for a national achievement award. The nomination for the United States Achievement Academy (USAA) National Mathematics Achievement Award makes the students eligible to compete for a scholarship grant from the academy, as well as have their biography published in this years USAA National Awards yearbook.

"It's an honor for a school our size to have this many nominees that meet the academy's standards," said Tony Pivec, Sequoyah High School superintendent. "It says a lot about the academic quality of our school and the caliber of students we have."

To be eligible for nomination for the USAA National Mathematics Achievement Award, students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0, demonstrate math skills and aptitude, possess a positive attitude and cooperative spirit, show leadership, dependability, citizenship, and responsibility, and demonstrate a desire to learn and improve.

Maxine Campbell, math department chair, nominated the students from Sequoyah. The students who were nominated and the subject that were nominated in are: College Algebra; Candace Carey, Joseph Byrd, and Becky Halstead, Calculus; Jonathan Pallie and Isaac Chewey. Pre-Calculus; Whitney Warrior and Ashley Teehee. Trigonometry; Eric Marshall, Yanessa Charcoal, Katreena Foreman, and Roseanna Hogshooter. Algebra 2; Nate Barnoski, Bonita Carey, Krystal Goodrich, Kryste Benge, Marisa Cole, Jason Buffalomeat, Matthew Pallie, Justin Gann, Wesley Nofire, Robert Conrad, Amanda Little, Drew Donelson, and Ashley Wilson. Geometry; Lisa Chouteau, Jonathan Crittenden, Mac Farris, Edwin Rackliff, Misty Mankiller, Jamie Ritchie, Logan Turner, Kelly Bailey, Marcus Cheater, Gayle Mink, Kelsey Gill, J.J. Samples, Travis Cheater, and Robert White. Algebra 1; Luis Navaroo, Amanda Carter, Shana Autobo, Brandon Johnson, Lana Turner, Cristine Hooper, Lindsay Daugherty, Ashley Green, Marjorie Lewis, Jessica Butler, Tadd Crow, and Sabrina Parfait.

"The dedication of our staff continues to show year after year by the growth of our students academically," Pivec said. "This is another example of what they are doing in the classroom."

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!"       Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.