- Vestavia Hills City Schools
- Homepage
Return to Headlines
Semifinalists at VHHS include: Hannah Bae, Henry Barrett, Andrea Burris, Sarah Carnahan, Natalie Conboy, Will Mathews, Patrick Mills, Sarah Anne Pfitzer, and Erica Wei.
"We would like to congratulate our National Merit Semifinalists for their high academic standards," Vestavia Hills High School principal Tyler Burgess, Ed.D., said. "We also want to thank our teachers who help them with the study process to get to this point. These students and teachers have represented Vestavia Hills High School as a place of academic excellence."
According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, about 1.5 million high school juniors entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The nationwide pool of Semifinalists includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Fewer than one percent of all high school seniors in the United States are named National Merit Semifinalists.
"The National Merit program provides students with unprecedented college opportunities," Vestavia Hills High School college counselor Oliver Aaron said. "These Semifinalists will have numerous academic and scholarship opportunities to consider."
Finalists will be chosen in early 2016 after an application process that considers each student's academic performance, test scores, and endorsements from high school officials. Some 7,400 scholarships worth more than $32 million will be awarded this spring, the organization announced.
National Merit Semifinalists
By WHIT MCGHEE
VESTAVIA HILLS — The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation has named its 2016 Semifinalists, including nine
students at Vestavia Hills High School.
Semifinalists at VHHS include: Hannah Bae, Henry Barrett, Andrea Burris, Sarah Carnahan, Natalie Conboy, Will Mathews, Patrick Mills, Sarah Anne Pfitzer, and Erica Wei.
"We would like to congratulate our National Merit Semifinalists for their high academic standards," Vestavia Hills High School principal Tyler Burgess, Ed.D., said. "We also want to thank our teachers who help them with the study process to get to this point. These students and teachers have represented Vestavia Hills High School as a place of academic excellence."
According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, about 1.5 million high school juniors entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The nationwide pool of Semifinalists includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Fewer than one percent of all high school seniors in the United States are named National Merit Semifinalists.
"The National Merit program provides students with unprecedented college opportunities," Vestavia Hills High School college counselor Oliver Aaron said. "These Semifinalists will have numerous academic and scholarship opportunities to consider."
Finalists will be chosen in early 2016 after an application process that considers each student's academic performance, test scores, and endorsements from high school officials. Some 7,400 scholarships worth more than $32 million will be awarded this spring, the organization announced.