Fayette County High senior Aria Reid is among the more than 800 high school seniors of 2006 who have won National Achievement Scholarship awards.

Aria received a single payment $2,500 scholarship, which she plans to use to pursue a possible career in public health or pharmacy.

The National Achievement Program, a privately financed academic competition, was established in 1964 specifically to honor scholastically talented black American youth and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding participants in each annual competition. The program is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance.

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