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Show mmm v:, " mm $ " . is '.'z:. .kmm f I A ' M - hs : ; iWliililllllp JEAN IE PARKIN AND JOHN V. HOLBROOK Merit Honors : Principal Almon J. Flake of Viewmont High School : announced today that two : seniors . John T. Holbrook and : Jeani Parkin, will be com- : mended for their outstanding - performance in the 26th annual (I9S 1 1 National Merit Scholar- ; ship Program. : LETTERS OK commenda-'- lion from the National Merit : Scholarship Corp. will be presented pre-sented to the students. More than one million students stu-dents entered the 1981 merit program by takinc the PSAT-- NMSQT in 1979. About 33.000 ; of these students throughout the United States w ill receive a : commendation for outstanding - test performance. These commended com-mended students have shown exceptional academic promise by scoring among the top five percent of merit program participants. parti-cipants. AN OFFICER of the corporation corpor-ation stated that "to be designated desig-nated a commended student in the merit program is an attainment attain-ment deserving public recognition. recogni-tion. The continued educational education-al and personal development of such students will benefit the entire nation." Commended students who requested it have been referred as w orthy candidates to admissions admis-sions and financial aid officers at two highereducation institutions institu-tions of their choice. It is hoped that the referral service and merit program recognition will result in assistance for these commended students as they pursue their educational goals. |