SPHS is pleased to announce that senior Riley Talmage (pictured below), has been named as a National Merit Semifinalist in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Chad Harnisch, Sauk Prairie High School principal, said, “We are incredibly fortunate to have students as dedicated, hard-working and focused as Riley. At SPHS, we are proud to have played a small role in her success, and look forward to what the future has in store for Riley.”
About 1.4 million juniors at more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to that state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
To become a finalist, Riley and SPHS will work together to submit a detailed scholarship application, in which she provides information about her academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrates leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 advance to the Finalist level.
Every Finalist will then compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships awarded on a state representational basis.
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