$2,500 in Scholarships Awarded to Parkway Students

officials made the annoucement this week in the following news release.

Six Parkway School District seniors were awarded National Merit $2500 Scholarships.  The Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of approximately 15,000 outstanding finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.  The Parkway students are: 

Central High - 

 Dylan J. Adams

North High-

Manali P. Gokhale

South High-

Connie X. Shen

Jeffrey Zhao

West High-

Andrew D. Kuehnle 

James Wang

National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies.  They were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors. 

All finalists competed for these awards. To select scholarship winners, a committee of educators appraised a substantial amount of information submitted by both the finalists and their high schools: the academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from two standardized tests; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the finalist; and the recommendation written by a high school official. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s high school graduating seniors.