Semifinalist for the 2023 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program

Eliana Liporace, a senior at the Bergen County Academies, has been named a Semifinalist for the 2023 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program. 1,557 high school seniors were selected as Semifinalists from a pool of over 91,000 

Pooja Rayapaneni, 17, Samiya Pathak, 17, and Jisae Son, 16, all attend Bergen County Academies, a career technical high school in Hackensack.

The three recently talked to the USA TODAY Network about their concerns about the current climate change crisis. Rayapaneni resides in Paramus, Pathak in Waldwick, and Son in Old Tappan.

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National High School Model United Nations in New York City

ProStart Hospitality Management Competition