Congratulations to the following Boylan students who have been honored as Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Competition: David Bohn, Luke Carlson, Mason Faulk, Kieran Jansen, Barrett Kroll, Patrick Morrison, Kevin Potts, Christian Provenza, and Austin Walsh.

Although Commended Students will not continue in the 2010 competition for National Merit Scholarships, they have placed among the top five percent of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last October at Boylan.

According to a spokesperson for NMSC, “As demonstrated by their outstanding performance in our highly competitive program, the young men and women named Commended Students represent some of the most academically talented students in our country.”

Congratulations to Mitchell Faulk and Grace Parsons who have been recognized as Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition.

More than 1.5 million juniors entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in October of last year.

The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, which represents less than 1% of the U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.

Approximately 15,000 Semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

Boylan juniors will take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test on Wednesday, October 14, 2009.