Nationwide — Twenty-three college students at Whitney Younger Magnet Excessive Faculty in Chicago, together with some African American college students, scored an ideal 36 on the ACT this yr.
Nationwide, lower than 1% of check takers reportedly obtain this rating. Whitney Younger’s 23 excellent scorers this yr far exceed previous years. Again in 2018, solely 5 college students reached this mark.
The college’s principal, Rickey Harris, known as it a historic second. He praised the scholars’ self-discipline and laborious work, evaluating them to Michael Jordan, who famously wore the quantity 23.
“Identical to MJ, our 23 didn’t accept common,” Harris informed WLBT. “Michael Jordan as soon as stated, ‘I’ve all the time believed that for those who put within the work, the outcomes will come.’ At this time, you all live proof of that.”
The college celebrated these college students as a part of an elite group making historical past in Chicago and throughout the nation.
