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Three Prince William County students earn gold medals at NAACP event

Three Prince William County students earn gold medals at NAACP event
Three Prince William County students earn gold medals at NAACP event

Three Prince William County high school students earned gold medals at the fifth annual Prince William Area NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics. These students will represent PWCS on the national stage at the 117th NAACP National Convention in Chicago this month. The winners were: Michelle Marfo (senior, Osbourn Park High School) – Mathematics Corbyn Person (junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Music...

Three Prince William County high school students earned gold medals at the fifth annual Prince William Area NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics.

These students will represent PWCS on the national stage at the 117th NAACP National Convention in Chicago this month.

The winners were:

Michelle Marfo (senior, Osbourn Park High School) – Mathematics

Corbyn Person (junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Music Instrumental Contemporary

Gabriel Hamilton (junior, Osbourn Park High School) – Original Essay

In addition to the gold medalists, the local NAACP recognized eight silver and four bronze medal winners for their exceptional performances:

Silver Medalists:

Melinisis Diop (junior, Woodbridge High School) – Drawing and Painting

Kamani Sellers (junior, Gar-Field High School) – Short Story

Kartyr Mainor (freshman, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Dramatics

Gabriel Hamilton (junior, Osbourn Park High School) – Poetry Written

Samuel Laing (junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Music Instrumental Contemporary

Nathaniel Myers (sophomore, Forest Park High School) – Music Instrumental Classical

Reinalynn Patton (sophomore, Forest Park High School) – Original Essay

Chymorah Piper (senior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Dance Modern

Bronze Medalists:

Imani Cobbs (freshman, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Poetry Written

Corbyn Person (junior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Music Instrumental Classical

Chymorah Piper (senior, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Contemporary Dance

Storm Person (sophomore, Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School) – Music Instrumental Contemporary

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