Sheridan student wins National Merit Scholarship
Two Jesuit High School students have won National Merit scholarships, the organization announced Wednesday (April 20).
Handloser won the National Merit GAF Scholarship.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships.
Eleven students from Humble ISD were named National Merit Finalists: Carolyn Martin and Albert Truong from Atascocita High School; Ricardo Cotte, Matthew Doan, Hannah Lam, Benjamin Litchfield, Kirsten Refvik, Samantha Refvik, William Riley and Eric Sun from Kingwood High School; and Tessa Young from Kingwood Park High School.
Corporate sponsors tend to award finalists scholarships if they are children of employees, members of the community the company serves or interested in pursuing degrees in certain careers. All in all, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. plans this year to award about 7,500 scholarships totaling $33 million this year. Scholarships range from $500 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment of $2,500 to $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited American college or university, according to the news release. Sponsors from the business community have underwritten awards offered in all 61 competitions, expending or committing more than $750 million to support the intellectual development of the nation's scholastically talented youth. In September 2015, some 16,000 Semifinalists were designated on a state-representational basis in numbers proportional to each state's percentage of the national total of graduating high school seniors. Nakahara is one of only 1,000 distinguished high school seniors nationwide to win these scholarships.
The 1,000 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists. National Merit finalists are evaluated on personal essays, participation in extracurricular and leadership activities, receipt of awards, SAT scores and principals' endorsements.
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