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Show Two PGHS students place among nation's top students Pleasant Grove High School has been notified that two of its students have been designated Commended Students in the 1984 National Merit Scholarship Program. Thomas Carlile, principal, announced today that Cory little and Kent McDonald placed in the top five percent of over one million participants in the twenty -ninth annual Merit Program. Although Commended Students will not receive further consideration for Merit Scholarships, each has demonstrated unusual academic promise and will be honored with a Letter of Commendation. An officer of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which administers the program, stated that, "The outstanding test performance of each Commended Student in the highly competitive Merit Program is an attainment deserving of recognition. In a nation that places great value on the education of its young people, it is important to honor academically talented students and to acknowledge the part that schools play in the development of their abilities. We sincerely hope that their attainments thus far will encourage these young men and women to take advantage of their opportunities for higher education and to acquire the skills they will need to become productive adults and contributing citizens in a free society." All participants in the current Merit Scholarship competition entered by taking the PSATNMSQT in the fall of 1982. Although the scores of the 35,000 Commended Students designated throughout the 50 states were very high, they were slightly below the -level required for Semifinalist standing. Only the 15,000 Semifinalists who were announced by NMSC on September 14 will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 5,300 Merit Scholarships to be awarded next spring. |