Piedmont School District is proud to announce the selection of Caleb Houston to the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic All-State class of 2024. Caleb was chosen to represent Piedmont with this prestigious academic recognition.

Caleb Houston

The Academic All-State Award is one of the most prestigious student honors in Oklahoma. According to The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence website, the 2024 Academic All-State class is comprised of 100 top public high school seniors, selected from hundreds of nominations statewide, hail from 71 schools in 64 Oklahoma school districts.

The 2024 Academic All-State Class is the 38th to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Since the award program’s inception in 1987, some 3,800 high school seniors from 336 school districts have been named Academic All-State scholars. Each Academic All-State recipient receives a $1,500 merit-based scholarship, an honor cord, and a medallion. The All-Staters will be recognized at the foundation’s 38th annual Academic Awards Celebration on May 4, 2024, at Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Norman.

Participants must be Oklahoma public high school seniors and must be nominated by their principals or superintendents. To be nominated for Academic All-State, students must meet one of the following criteria:

• Composite ACT score of at least 30
• Combined SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing and Math score of at least 1370
• National Merit Scholarship Program semi-finalist

In addition to the minimum criteria, students will be evaluated on their leadership abilities, motivation, academic achievement, and character as maximized within each student’s learning environment.

Piedmont High School and Piedmont Public Schools are proud to be represented by Caleb Houston for this prestigious honor.

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