4 St. Thomas More seniors named National Merit Scholarship finalists
Four seniors at St. Thomas More Catholic High School have been named finalists for the National Merit Scholarship Matthew Gower, Alaina Le, Ty Martin and Catherine Whitehead placing them among the top 1% of students taking the PSAT exam.
These high school seniors were selected based on their academic achievements as well as their performance on the PSAT, which is the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program, and will be eligible for many prestigious scholarships.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. Approximately 1.5 million high school students enter the program each year, and about 50,000 with the highest PSAT/NMSQT® Selection Index scores qualify for recognition in the program, according to its website.