PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Cerena Wu of Presque Isle, a senior at Presque Isle High School, has been selected to receive the 2021 Principal’s Award, Principal David Bartlett announced recently.
The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship.
“Throughout her years at Presque Isle High School, Cerena has distinguished herself in the classroom, and as a leader in the school and the community,” Bartlett noted in making the award. “Cerena very much deserves this recognition.”
Cerena, Bartlett and other award winners and their principals will participate in a Live Virtual Scholarship Drawing Event on Friday, May 14, at 1 p.m. Ten $1,000 scholarships will be drawn in the names of former Maine principals and MPA executive directors: Horace O. McGowan, Richard W. Tyler, and Richard A. Durost.
The Principal’s Award is presented in more than 100 Maine public and private high schools by member principals of the MPA, the professional association which represents Maine’s school administrators.