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ranklin Regional Senior High School
(FRSH) is pleased to announce it has
six 2019 National Merit® Scholarship
Competition Semifinalists. The students
receiving this honor are Quincy Bayer,
Meghna Iyengar, Bhav Jain, Jaden
Seman, Clare McCarthy, and Elena
Swecker.
Over 1.6 million juniors in about
22,000 high schools entered the 2019
National Merit® Scholarship Program
by taking the 2017 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.
To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and his or her high
school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in
which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s
academic record, participation in school and community
activities, demonstrated leadership
abilities, employment, and honors and
awards received. A Semifinalist must
have an outstanding academic record
throughout high school, be endorsed
and recommended by a high school
official, write an essay, and earn SAT®
scores that confirm the student’s earlier
performance on the qualifying test.
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. All National Merit® Scholarship
winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit
Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills,
accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous
college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic
origin, or religious preference.
Pictured (top row, from left) Quincy Bayer, Jaden Seman, and
Principal Ron Suvak; (bottom row, from left:) Bhav Jain, Elena
Swecker, Meghna Iyengar, and Clare McCarthy.
WOMEN IN MANUFACTURING DAY AT FR
Ten Franklin Regional Middle School and ten Franklin Regional
Senior High School female students had a chance to participate in
“Women in Manufacturing Day” sponsored by Westmoreland County
Community College (WCCC) at the WCCC Advanced Technology
Center. The students had the opportunity to see and use equipment
such as a WaterJET cutter, Virtual Welding simulator, CNC machines,
3D printers and more.
FR TELETHON RAISES FUNDS TO
HELP FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL HIT BY
HURRICANE
The Franklin Regional Senior High School
( FRSH) Telethon and related fundraising
activities raised $5,500 for hurricane relief for
Blountstown High School in Florida. The high
school and town were in the direct path of the
eye of Hurricane Michael and both school and
community suffered significant damage. The
town is not on the coast and did not receive
much media attention, which is why Franklin
Regional stepped in. Dr. Debbie Williams,
Principal of Blountstown High School, told a
Franklin Regional representative that many
families have not recovered economically,
therefore, students have not been able to do
simple things such as purchasing graduation
gowns or replacing items lost in the storm. In
January, Blountstown High School received
a check for $3,000 along with $2,500 in gift
cards for a local Walmart from FRSH.
SLOAN ARTIST WINS FIRST PLACE
FOR OUTER SPACE ART
Last spring the 1st grade students
of Sloan Elementary School chose to
have their artwork entered into the
Westmoreland Art and Heritage Festival
Art contest. The theme was Outer Space.
Keira Gimbel was awarded first place in
the 1st through 3rd grade division.
FR CHEER SQUAD SCORES TOP 10 AT
REGIONALS
In January, the Franklin Regional Cheer
Squad traveled to the PIAA Regionals
in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Cheer
Squad, consisting of 27 FRSH students,
placed in the top 10 at the competition.
The squad placed 6 out of 32 teams at
regionals ahead of Shaler, Penn-Trafford
and Norwin.
MURRYSVILLE
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