Presidential 1776 Award: What It Is and Who Won This National Civics Contest

And you thought your old civics class was hard! One uber-smart high schooler is about to get some national attention (and well deserved).

Host Mario Lopez will be rewarding the top three high school students with the Presidential 1776 Award live on Tuesday, June 30 at 8/7c on CBS. The grand prize winner will receive a whooping $150,000 in scholarship money, the second place winner will receive $75,000 and third place will receive $25,000. The contest is run by our nation’s Department of Education.