Meet the 2010 NCR Peer Leaders of the Year
Rashid Conteh of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria,  VA, and Maya Fletcher of Crossland High School in Prince George’s County, MD.

Meet the 2010 NCR James Dyke Scholarship Winners
Jim Dyke has served on College Summit-NCR’s Regional Advisory Board as Board Chair and as a member for over four years. In honor of Jim’s service as NCR’s founding Board Chair, College Summit-NCR has created the James V. Dyke Scholarship which was presented for the first time in 2010 to two deserving students. This scholarship is to be used for books and supplies during these students’ first year of college.

Meet the 2010 NCR Educators of the Year
Ms. Karen Davis of Pritchett- Surrattsville High School, Prince George’s County, MD, and Dr. Leelannee Malin of Largo High School, Prince George’s County, MD

Meet the 2010 NCR College Going Culture Award Winners
Surrattsville High School in  Prince George’s County, MD  and Renaissance Academy in Baltimore, MD

VPP Releases Case Study on College Summit-NCR
To mark the success of its partnership with College Summit, VPP has released a case study entitled, A College Path for Every Student- College Summit thrives in the National Capital Region.

NCR Partner Largo High School Featured in Gazette
On November 19, 2009, College Summit-National Capital Region partner high school Largo High School was featured in the Prince George’s County Gazette for its work building college going culture.

NCR Hosts Peer Leader Conferences with Help of Community Partners
On October 26th and 28th College Summit-NCR hosted two Peer Leader Conferences with the assistance of community partners, including Largo High School, Deloitte’s Black Employee Network, Target, Howard University School of Business, Wide Angle Youth Media, Next Generation Foundation, and Mrs. Maryland International 2009.

NCR Peer Leader Introduces President Obama
On September 8, President Barack Obama delivered an inspirational back to school speech to the nation’s students at College Summit-National Capital Region’s partner school Wakefield High in Arlington, VA.  He was skillfully introduced by Wakefield Peer Leader Timothy Spicer.

NCR Alumni Leader Antoine Tate Gives Back
In 2007, Antoine Tate was a rising senior and Peer Leader at Crossland High School. Two years later, he is a successful rising sophomore at Penn State and a College Summit-NCR Workshop Alumni Leader.

NCR 2009 Summer Workshop Season
During Summer 2009, College Summit-NCR hosted 8 workshops where over 200 volunteers and staff led over 400 Peer Leaders through the college application process.