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Seneca Valley National Merit Semifinalists (l to r): Nishant
Jayachandran, Olivia Schultheis and Sean Scott.
3 SV SENIORS NAMED SEMIFINALISTS IN
2020 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
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fficials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently
announced Seneca Valley Seniors Nishant Jayachandran, Olivia
Schultheis and Sean Scott, as Semifinalists in the 65th annual
National Merit Scholarship Program.
As Semifinalists, these three seniors will have an opportunity to continue in
the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than
$31 million that will be offered next spring. Over 90 percent of the Semifinalists
are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win
a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
About 1.5 million juniors in more than 21,000 high schools entered the
2020 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as
an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists,
representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the
highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state
is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating
seniors.
From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected
to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this
designation.
For more information on National Merit Scholarship Program, visit
nationalmerit.org.
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eneca Valley recently earned
three awards in the National
School Public Relations
Association’s (NSPRA) 2019
Publications and Digital Media
Contest.
Seneca Valley School
District’s Communications
Department received an Award
of Excellence for the Annual
Report, The Future Starts Here,
an Honorable Mention for the
Raider Pride E-Newsletter and
an Honorable Mention for the
special purpose web page
dedicated to the story of Ryan
Gloyer Middle School.
There were 1,148 entries in
this year’s contest, with 667
entries receiving recognition.
NSPRA’s Publications and
Digital Media Awards recognize
outstanding education
publications and marketing/
informational materials (print
and electronic), video/TV/radio
programs, social media and
websites.
Linda Andreassi, director
of communications and Katie
Huttinger, media support
specialist, coordinate and
develop publications for the
Seneca Valley School District.