Education
Four National Merit Scholarship Award Semifinalists Applauded
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Four of Darien High School’s five National Merit semifinalist students were presented to the Board of Education at Monday night’s meeting and received praise from their principal and applause from the room.
Darien’s five semifinalists are among 16,000 students who were named by the National Merit Scholarships organization out of 1.4 million students from 22,000 high schools across the nation who took the PSAT or some other qualifying test, Darien High School Principal Ellen Dunn told the board. “We are so proud of all of you,” Dunn told the students in a statement that ended with the room applauding them. “Not only for your scholarship but also because of who you are, because of the many contributions you make to our Darien High School. So we say congratulations to all of you and wish you the very best for the next stage of this process.”