January 20, 2003

Clear Creek Independent School District

Arthur Coburn, a student at Clear Creek High School, has been selected from more than 100,000 applicants nationwide as a semifinalist in the 2002-2003 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. 

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, a joint effort of Coca-Cola bottlers across America and The Coca-Cola Company, is one of the largest corporate sponsored, merit scholarship programs of its kind in the United States.  The program recognizes a diverse group of outstanding high school seniors who have demonstrated academic and civic excellence in their schools and communities.

Coburn ranks with over 2,000 seniors who are in the running for $1.8 million in scholarships being awarded by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.   

Cassandra Raffaelli, a tenth grade student at Clear Lake High School, has qualified for the United States World Indoor Archery Team.  She competed in the Junior Girls Compound Division at the World Indoor Archery Trials at Harrisonburg, Virginia and earned a place on the United States Archery Team.  

Raffaelli will represent the United States at the seventh International Archery Federation World Indoor Championships in Nimes, France, March 4-9, 2003.

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