HERALD Staff Report
(From the issue of 9/26/02)
Twelve students from local Catholic high schools have been named semi-finalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship program.
Six students currently attending Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington were named semifinalists: Anne Mac Farlane, Stephen Chanderbhan, Frank Brickfield, Ezana Teferra, Jessie DiGregory, and Pat Boland.
From Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg, Katie Keryera and Stephanie Rutledge were named as semifinalists. Rutledge attended Bishop O’Connell last year.
Michelle DeGroot is a semifinalist from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria. McLean’s Oakcrest School also had two students named — Maya Marcel-Keyes and Adele Loria.
Craig W. Robertson was named from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax and Sarah LaVigne was named from Seton School in Manassas.
Over 1.3 million juniors in over 20,000 U.S. high schools entered the 2003 National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT. Those who are named semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. Finalists will receive one of 8,000 scholarships totaling $30 million. To become finalists, those who have been named semifinalists must maintain superior academic performance records, earn the endorsement and recommendation of the head of their respective schools, and attain SAT scores that reinforce their previous achievement. The semifinalists must also submit a detailed application along with an essay and information about any school and community activities in which they are active.
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