FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       CONTACT: STEPHEN J. MENCHINI

ADELPHI ACADEMY SENIOR WINS RENSSELAER MEDAL
AND $60,000.00 SCHOLARSHIP

MASTER ZAIN AHMAD, A SENIOR AT ADELPHI ACADEMY, WAS ONE OF ONLY 3,000 RECIPIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AWARDED THE RENOWNED RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHING THEMSELVES IN THE AREA OF MATH AND SCIENCE.  IN ADDITION TO THE COVETED MEDAL, ZAIN WILL BE AWARDED A $60,000.00 SCHOLARSHIP UPON HIS ACCEPTANCE TO RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC. 

ZAIN IS A VERY ACTIVE ADELPHIAN PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS ACADEMY ATHLETIC AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING VARSITY BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL AND SOCCER.  HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE ANTHONY ROBBINS’ LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM AND WAS A DELEGRATE TO LAST YEAR’S ROBBINS’ DISCOVERY CAMP, WHICH WAS HELD IN LONDON.  HE WRITES AND PREPARES GRAPHICS FOR THE MANY ADELPHI PUBLICATIONS, SERVED AS TREASURER OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVED HIGH HONORS IN HIS GRADES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

HIS CAREER GOAL IS TO BECOME A DOCTOR.  IN ADDITION TO POLYTECH, ZAIN IS APPLYING TO COLLEGE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.  ZAIN’S BROTHER, WAQAS AHMAD, A GRADUATE OF ADELPHI FROM THE CLASS OF 2007, WILL BE ENTERING FORDHAM UNIVERSITY IN SEPTEMBER, AND ZAIN’S YOUNGEST BROTHER, HAIDER AHMAD, IS PRESENTLY ATTENDING THE SEVENTH GRADE AT ADELPHI ACADEMY. 

ALBERT C. CORHAN, CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY CONGRATULATED ZAIN FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, “RECOGNIZING HIS OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND HIS CONTINUING STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THOSE IN NEED.” 

TODD W. MARSH, DEAN OF ACADEMICS AT ADELPHI, STATES “ZAIN, SUPPORTED BY FAMILY AND SCHOOL, HAS BECOME AN INDIVIDUAL OF OUTSTANDING CHARACTER AND VIRTUE.”

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