RENO - Five Carson High School students and five Douglas County students have been accepted into the University of Nevada, Reno Honors Program to start with the 2008 academic year.
Only 132 students were accepted in total.
The students are Amanda Clardy, Michael Montiel, Maria Christina Nye, William Phillips and Stacy Wong of Carson High School.
The students from Douglas High School are Rachel Anderson, Priyanka Khosla, Amy Peterson, Jessica Reynolds and Troy Shields.
"We have about 500 students enrolled in the program," Tamara Valentine, Honors Program director said in a news release.
According to Valentine, the program is one of about 1,000 across the country, and "it is designed to allow students to explore and push the limits of their learning."
Honors sections are offered for many classes and honors students are introduced to undergraduate research, for which research awards are available. The program also offers an Honors Residential Scholars Program.
Sixty-two other students from Reno and Sparks high schools were also accepted.