15 Richland One Students Selected as National Merit and National Achievement Finalists

This year Richland One has 13 National Merit Scholarship finalists and two National Achievement Scholarship finalists. They will be formally recognized at the April 5 meeting of the Richland One Board of School Commissioners.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and college scholarships. Finalists are chosen based on high scores on the PSAT, academic achievement, teacher recommendations and other strict criteria. There are three types of awards: National Merit $2,500 scholarships that are single-payment awards; corporate-sponsored Merit/Achievement awards that may be renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study or one-time awards; and college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards that are renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study. Students will be notified of scholarship decisions this spring.

The district congratulates the following students for their selection as finalists:

 

Columbia High School
* Trenton Johnson (National Achievement)

 

Dreher High School

* Caroline Grego
* Richard Hahn
* Nathan Macaruso
* Charles Greg Marcil
* Alison Salisbury
* Juliet Sheridan
* Luis Suarez
* Alex Zhang
* Jessica Mills (National Achievement)

 

A.C. Flora High School

* Josie Bailey
* Amy Betenbaugh
* Sydney Kornegay
* Jim Manning
* Lauren McFadden

For more information, please contact the Richland One Office of Communications at 231-7510 or 231-7504.