CCES Announces 2022 National Merit Semifinalists

CCES is pleased to announce that three seniors have qualified as National Merit Semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Competition.  Congratulations to Alex Eastland, Ella Markalunas and Abigail Pickens.  These Semifinalists will now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring. 

 

Last October, high school juniors Nationwide entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Competition by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as the initial screening of program entrants.  The 16,000 Semifinalists represent less than one percent of the U.S. high school seniors and include the highest scoring entrants in each state.  To become a Finalist and to be considered for National Merit Scholarships, a student must present an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the high school,  and earn SAT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying PSAT.    

Additionally, CCES junior Yasmene Clark, and former CCES student Jessica Nakuma, have been designated as College Board National African American Recognition Program Scholars based on their remarkable academic achievements and outstanding performance on the 2020 PSAT.   

Congratulations to all of these students on these outstanding accomplishments!