FRSH Proud of Four National Merit® Semifinalists
The 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists are: (from
left): Manali Badwe, River Sell, Marshal Mao, and Daniel Kline.
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ranklin Regional Senior High School (FRSH) is pleased to
announce it has four 2020 National Merit ® Scholarship
Competition Semi-Finalists. The students receiving this
honor are Manali Badwe, River Sell, Marshal Mao, and Daniel
Kline.
Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools
entered the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program by
taking the 2019 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.
In early September, about 15,000 students, or
approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers, are
notified that they have qualified as Semifinalists. To ensure
that academically talented young people from all parts of the
United States are included in this talent pool, Semifinalists
are designated on a state-representational basis. Semifinalists
are the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Qualifying
scores vary from state to state and from year to year, but the
scores of all Semifinalists are extremely high. NMSC provides
scholarship application materials to Semifinalists through
their high schools. To be considered for a National Merit®
Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing in
the competition by meeting high academic standards and all
other requirements explained in the information provided to
each Semifinalist.
Elementary Campus: Inside the Student Innovation Centers
P
rompting students to solve problems and develop
themselves as leaders are key in today’s world of
education. Franklin Regional believes that learning happens
best when children collaborate.
As part of the new Intermediate and Primary Schools
on the FR Elementary Campus, students and teachers will
be able to take advantage of several Student Innovation
Centers that will enhance STREAM (Science, Technology,
Research, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) educational
opportunities.
Inside these Centers, students will experience robotics,
computer science,
computer programming
and environmental
education. These Centers
are designed to meet
the needs of the STREAM
curriculum at the lower
grade levels. The Centers
will also be equipped
with laser cutters, 3D
printers, virtual reality
goggles, and other high-
tech gadgets.
One part of the Center
will be dedicated to
STREAM-based classes and,
in the 3-5 building, one
part will be centered on
innovative learning. A wall,
that separates the two class
areas, is able to be retracted so that the learning area can be
combined for larger group instruction.
The Centers were designed to be flexible so that regular
education classes may have the opportunity to use them as
well.
Three Student Innovation Centers are planned for the
Intermediate School. One Center will be on each level of the
school serving Grades 3, 4 and 5. The Primary school will also
have three Innovation Centers so that students at Franklin
Regional from the very first day start learning about STREAM
and innovative approaches to learning.
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