Schools

Burlingame Student Scores in Top 5% of National Merit Test

More than 1.5 million students took the qualifying test.

[Editor's note: The following was submitted by Notre Dame Belmont High School.]

Notre Dame High School’s Head of School, Maryann Osmond, announced Monday that four senior--Hannah Say (Burlingame), Madison Schmidt (Sunnyvale), Eleanor Macartney (Redwood City), and Jacquelyn Sideris (Sunnyvale) have been named Commended Students in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program.

A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship 
Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the Head of School to these scholastically talented seniors.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition by taking the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

"The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," commented a spokesperson for NMSC.

"These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success."


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