YHS Seniors Achieve Academic Success, Eligible for National Scholarships

seniors Michael A. Beechert, Samuel A. Donow, Rachel N. Lee and Juliana H. Vigorito have been named finalists for the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program.

These students were selected from among 16,000 semifinalists last September, and are now being considered for 8,400 Merit Scholarships. A Certificate of Merit was recently given to each finalist.

In addition, Shanelle Glanville has qualified as a finalist for the National Achievement Scholarship.

To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.

The semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, which includes the student’s self-descriptive essay and information about the semifinalist’s participation and leadership in school and community activities.