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John Marshall High School senior Zara Zervos added another prestigious honor to an already long list, being named Thursday as a 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Zervos is one of 161 Presidential Scholars nationally and one of three named from West Virginia.
The award honors high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts and career and technical education fields. Zervos has been named a U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education.
She was nominated as both a U.S. Presidential Scholar and U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career & Technical Education, one of 14 students nationally and the only one in West Virginia to achieve that recognition. She has a GPA of 4.57 and scored a 1490 on her SAT, placing her in the 99th percentile. Presidential Scholar nominees can be chosen based on three courses: SAT performance, CTE aptitude, or artistic talent.
Zervos also showed strong proficiency with several components of the school's CTE program, including the Autodesk Inventor, robotC and Autodesk Revit programs. She also completed Carnegie STEM Camp in their mobile Fab Lab to work with tinkering and creative design. Her skill in the CTE field led to her volunteering with elementary students to assist in their Project Lead the Way and CTE coursework.
Zervos, named to JM’s Top 1% of the 2021 senior class, also is a standout athlete for the Monarchs, earning first-team all-state honors in both cross country and soccer.