P-CEP students named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

 The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park was informed by the National Merit Scholarship Program that 12 students have been named Semifinalists for the 2010 Scholarship Program.

The students, Canton High School seniors Lillian Chen, James Keena, Nicholas Wasylyshyn, Linda Yang, Plymouth High School seniors Sijia Hao, Rebecca Kiefer, Shan Kothari, Amy Mathew and Salem High School seniors Akshay Amin, John Krutty, Alexandria McHugh and Jason Yu rank as high scorers in the nation. Photo available on request.

The National Merit Scholarship Program has named approximately 16,000 academically talented high school seniors as semifinalists. These seniors now have an opportunity to advance in the competition for 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards (about $32 million) to be offered next spring. Students entered the National Merit and Achievement competitions by taking the 2009 PSAT/NMSQT. Students must fulfill several requirements to become a Finalist--record of very high academic performance in college prep course work, SAT scores that confirm the PSAT/NMSQT performance, detailed scholarship information about extracurricular activities and leadership positions, self-descriptive essays and full endorsement of the high school principal.