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Show 2 PGHS Students Semifinalists in Scholarship Tests Principal John Gourley has announced that two students at Pleasant Grove High School have been named semifinalists in the 1973 National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are Anne Schaelling and Greg Bean. Anne and Greg will compete with approximately 15,000 other oth-er semifinalists appointed today to-day for some 3,000 Merit Scholarships to be awarded in 1973. The semifinalists received the highest qualifying scores in their states on the preliminary prelim-inary scholastic aptitude test, which was given last October, to over one million students in about 16,600 schools nationwide. nation-wide. They can advance to finalist fin-alist status by proving their performance on a second examination, ex-amination, and providing information in-formation about their accomplishments accom-plishments and interests. Numerous scholarships will be given to the finalists next year, following these tests from the national organization and also businesses and colleges. |