By Jesse Pena | Photo by Aly Miranda |
At the last district football game agsinst Reagan; six seniors were honored for their national merit status. The Semifinalists that were honored at the game were Tim Newton, and Anthony Lawinger. National Merit Commended Scholars included George Gillette, and Jacob Walsh. The National Achievement Outstanding Participant was Quaylan Webb. National Hispanic Scholars included Maria Cardenas, and George Gillette (who also named National Merit Commended Scholar).
To become a National Merit Semifinalist, you have to be at the top 16,000 scores in the nation on your junior year PSAT.
” On my PSATs I scored a 221, my junior year. Then when I took my actual SATs and scored 2210. It’s pretty funny that I basically scored the same on both tests,” Newton said.
The National Merit status makes them eligible to compete for additional scholarships for college.
