Community Relations
For Immediate Release
September 20, 2011
Contact:
Cass Cannon
Community Relations Specialist
Charlottesville City Schools
434-245-2962
Cass Cannon@ccs.k12.va.us
Media Release
CHS National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists
Seven Charlottesville High Schools students are 2012 National Merit Semi-Finalists: Cameron Bills, Michelle Brown, Julia Emery, Jacob LaViolette, Jonah O’Connor, Jessica Press-Williams, and Claire Thompson. These students have applied for finalist status and scholarship funds.
The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test–a test which serves as an initial screen of more than 1.5 million entrants each year–and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements.
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