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Parkway Schools Merit Scholars Meet the Board
Board of Ed recognizes 53 exceptional district high school students
National Merit Scholars met the chairmen of the board—Board of Education—in the Parkway School District Wednesday night.
Officials described the students as "truly amazing" and many other superlatives during the recognition.
Students score in an expert range on SAT exams as juniors, in order to qualify for merit scholarship status. Students typically take the scholastic apptitude test in preparation for college application.
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The regular board of ed meeting was packed with parents and some 53 students, who left promptly after the awards, presumbably to head home and study.
Parkway Central High (20)
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Semifinalists: Dylan Adams, Thomas Hack, Shawn He, David Huang, Katherine Ihnat, Meagan McKinstry, Joshua Mo, Lee Remi, Carl Wallach, Dennis Zhu
Commended: Keith Coulson, Joseph Esstman, Madeleine Gibson, Bradley Lai, Althea Perez, Mathew Rasmussen, Jacob Rosenstock, Carol Wallach, Diana Wang
National Achievement Scholarship Program: Ahmed Eltahir
Parkway North High (10)
Semifinalists: Manali Gokhale, Adrienne Hunt, Tim Tai
Commended: Alexander Chan, Sharon Han, Scott Hodnefield, Adam Lawrence, Ben Shanker, Taylor Voelker
National Achievement Scholarship Program: Paa Imbeah
Parkway South High (12)
Semifinalists: Dushyant Bhatnagar, Stefanie Shahan, Connie Shen, Heather Wilson, Jeffrey Zhao
Commended: Mandi Brehm, Emily Cheng, Hannah Clift, Kyle Gunby, Anthony Miano, Daniel Myers, Lauren Votava
Parkway West High (11)
Semifinalists: Keerthi Bandi, Will Gant, Andrew Kuehnle, Kim Lister, Adam Manders, James Wang
Commnded: Alexandra Bierman, Kristen Gabriel, Michael Kammeyer, Luke Schlueter, Ben Wheeler
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