It’s a prestigious honor only 7,500 high school students nationwide achieve. It helps alieve stress associated with college and university expenses. It rewards not only hard work, but well-rounded individuals with a sense of balance.
It’s known as the National Merit Scholarship, and it has brought a considerable amount of excitement to a select number of DeKalb County School District (DCSD) students.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognized 17 DCSD high school students out of 15,000 nationwide as semifinalists for this year’s award. Since that announcement, that number has been halved to 7,500 finalists, with several DCSD students still in the running.
This includes Dunwoody High seniors Alexandra Bruhl, Alex Eldridge, Caitlin Howie, Seth May, Shreya Nainwal, Jacob Schiele and Jacob Starks; Druid Hills High senior Maya Rajan; and Chamblee Charter High seniors Keller Brogdon, Charles Holt, Brian Kang, Schuler Kleinfelter, Grayce Robinson, Sakshi Sehgal, Sophia Wiesenfeld and Benjamin Wolfson.
Should any DCSD students win the competition, they may earn up to $2,500 from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation; an undisclosed amount from corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards; and similar college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards. Continue reading at DCSS
