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Boise School District 2017 National Merit Semifinalists Announced Half of Idaho s National Merit Semifinalists From Boise School District Evanston Illinois 09 13 2016 Today o cials from National Merit Scholarship Corporation NMSC announced the names of Boise School District students selected as Semi nalists in the 62nd Annual National Merit Scholarship Program The 47 students from Boise School District selected for this national honor represent 50 of Idaho s total number of 2017 National Merit Semi nalists 95 Boise School District enrolls about 9 of the students in the state of Idaho Only one percent of students nationwide achieve National Merit SemiConvert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL

Finalist status The hard work and diligence of these students is paying o Congratulations to each of our award winners and their families said Boise Schools Superintendent Dr Don Coberly The Boise School District is committed to providing the advanced rigorous coursework and highly skilled teachers students need to earn this recognition Boise School District students named National Merit Semi nalists are listed below in alphabetical order by last name These academically talented high school seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7 500 National Merit Scholarships worth about 33 million that will be offered next spring Click here to learn more Savannah Armstrong Borah High School Noah Brown Boise High School Convert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL Caleb Batten Linnea Boice Boise High School Boise High School Jackson Centeno Boise High School Joseph Davies Borah High School Hailey Brookins Capital High School Abbey Erwin Boise High School

Shanaya Fox Capital High School Kathryn Hilburn Boise High School Hyonoo Joo Timberline High School Convert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL Winston Gee Elliott Glass Boise High School Boise High School Spencer Hull Timberline High School Alexander Hamrick Timberline High School Kevin Jin Eleanor Hunt Boise High School Boise High School Garret Katayama David Kirk Minji Ko Boise High School Boise High School Boise High School

Samantha Kraus Borah High School Elizabeth Lee Daniel Liu Vincent Ma Boise High School Capital High School Timberline High School Dennis MacKenzie Boise High School Thomas Maloney Sara Matlock Boise High School Boise High School Samuel McEwan Capital High School Convert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL Dalton Miller Timberline High School Anna McClainSims Borah High School Hannah Mills Angela Ni Borah High School Timberline High School

Hayden Pickard Boise High School Theodore Ramey Grace Rosenvall Jennifer Ryu Boise High School Capital High School Timberline High School David Shin Timberline High School Maxwell Smay Capital High School Estelle Spanneut Samuel Standal Boise High School Boise High School Derek Stein Timberline High School Ivan Vazquez Capital High School Paul Vining Megan Wong Boise High School Boise High School Convert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL

Anne Xia Boise High School Andrew Zhang Capital High School Henry Zhang Capital High School Steps in the Competition About 1 6 million juniors in more than 22 000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test PSAT NMSQT which served as an initial screen of program entrants The nationwide pool of Semi nalists representing less than one percent of U S high school seniors includes the highest scoring entrants in each state The number of Semi nalists in a state is proportional to the state s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors To become a Finalist the Semi nalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application in which they provide information about the Semi nalist s academic record participation in school and community activities demonstrated leadership abilities employment and honors and awards received A Semi nalist must have an outstanding academic record through out high school be endorsed and recommended by a high school o cial write an essay and earn SAT scores that con rm the student s earlier performance on the qualifying test From the approximately 16 000 Semi nalists about 15 000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level and in February they will be noti ed of this designation All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies without regard to gender race ethnic origin or religious preference News Media Contact Dan Hollar Convert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL

Public Affairs Administrator Boise School District 208 854 4064 dan hollar boiseschools org www boiseschools org Boise School District 8169 W Victory Rd Boise Idaho 83709 208 854 4000 ww boiseschools org STAY CONNECTED Convert webpages or entire websites to PDF Use PDFmyURL