Feb. 13, 2007

All National Merit semifinalists advance to finalist standing

All fourteen Grapevine-Colleyville ISD high school National Merit semifinalists have advanced to finalists in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program. Of GCISD’s 14 Finalists, five attend Colleyville Heritage High School and nine attend Grapevine High School. Beginning in March and continuing to mid-June, National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) will notify approximately 8,200 finalists at that they have been selected to receive a Merit Scholarship® award.

The National Merit Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. All winners of Merit Scholarship® awards will be chosen from the finalist group, based on their abilities, skills and accomplishments. A variety of information is available for NMSC selectors to evaluate–the finalist's academic record, information about the school's curricula and grading system, two sets of test scores, school official's written recommendation, information about the student's activities and leadership and the finalist's own essay.

Finalists at Colleyville Heritage High School are: Melissa Butler of Colleyville, Min Young Chung of Colleyville, Lauren Riddle of Colleyville, Adrianna Tam of Colleyville and Daniel Virtheim of Euless.

Finalists at Grapevine High School are: Nicholas Borgers of Colleyville, Milena Fertitta of Colleyville, Cole Ford of Colleyville, Sarah Mannen of Grapevine, Katherine Martin of Grapevine, Robert Musgrave of Colleyville, Nicole Paynter of Grapevine, Jeremy Smith of Grapevine and Roger Su of Grapevine.

GCISD's finalists in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program
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