Six Dobyns-Bennett Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
KINGSPORT – Six Dobyns-Bennett students have been named as finalist for the 2013 National Merit Scholarship program. Those named as National Merit Scholarship finalists are Harrison R. Emery, son of Robert and Susan Emery, William D. Glasscock, son of Chris and Danelle Glasscock, Benjamin E. Jack, son of Bob and Laura Jack, Jeffrey F. Murphy, son of Jeffrey and Joni Murphy, Scott M. Sanders, son of Jeff and Lori Sanders, and Jackson R. Tonnies, son of Robert Tonnies and Shawn Dougherty. These six students will compete with the top high school students in the nation for some 8,300 Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $32 million.
The National pool of finalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, included the highest scoring entrants in each state. More than 1.5 million juniors in some 22,000 high schools entered the 2012 National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) which serves as an initial screening of program entrants. Approximately half of the finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners.
For more information on the National Merit Scholarship program, please contact the Dobyns-Bennett High School Counseling Office at (423) 378-8409.
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