THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 24, 1995 TAG: 9509220230
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 25 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: Short : 42 lines
A dozen Virginia Beach students are among 15,000 high school seniors across the country who have cleared the first hurdle in the National Merit Scholarship Program - they have been named semifinalists. These young people will now go on to compete for 6,900 Merit Scholarships worth a total of $26 million to be awarded next spring.
More than 1 million juniors entered the program when they took the 1994 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. The highest scorers in each state were designated semifinalists. To decide the finalists, students will be evaluated on their academic records, endorsements and recommendations by their high school principals, and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores.
Finalists become eligible for three types of scholarship: 2,000 National Merit awards of $2,000; 1,100 scholarships from corporations, foundations and organizations; and 3,800 awards from colleges and universities. Winners will be announced beginning in April.
Semifinalists from Virginia Beach City Public schools are:
Princess Anne High School: Brandi W. Flannery and Bethany Wright.
Cox High School: Robin K. Dwyer, Michael A. Edmonston, Jason A. Gustafson, Christopher M. Imrich, Porter H. Mason and Maureen E. Thorson.
First Colonial High School: Carrie R. Ansell.
Kellam High School: Steven L. Tipton.
Kempsville High School: Donald S. Christman and Kari L. Wilson.
Semifinalists from local private schools are:
Catholic High School: Geoffrey M. Buescher.
Norfolk Academy: John M. Burkhardt, Ramin Fatehi, Brian S. Jones
Joseph P. Kaneko, Kevin C. McCloskey, Andrew A. McKnight, Joshua S. Pal, Ellsworth D. Walker, Garrett L. Weinberg, David S. Weissberger, Dana L. Willner.
Norfolk Collegiate School: Ranjit K. Goudar. by CNB