2017 Dragon Magazine Winter

O’DOWD N
NATIONAL MERIT
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Commended Students
Announced
Fourteen Bishop O’Dowd High School seniors were
recently named commended students in the 2017
National Merit Scholarship Program.
success. “These students represent a valuable national
resource; recognizing their accomplishments,
as well as the key role their schools play in their
academic development, is vital to the advancement
of educational excellence in our nation. We hope
this recognition will help broaden their educational
opportunities and encourage them as they continue
their pursuit of academic success,” the spokesperson
said.
Mariana Alvear, Walter Brostrom, Brandon Choy,
Gabriel Clark-Clough, Zachary Eslick, Madeleine
Farrington, Linnea Gullikson, Carla Ho, Aris
Jernigan, Eunice Jung, Noah Linde, Marina Ramsey,
Jonquil Rumberger and Owen Schnider are
among some 34,000 students throughout the nation
being recognized for their exceptional academic
promise.
Although they will not continue in the 2017 competition
for National Merit Scholarship awards, the
commended students placed among the top five percent
of more than 1.6 million students who entered
the competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/
NMSQT).
A spokesperson for the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation said the commended students have
demonstrated outstanding potential for academic
NATIONAL HISPANIC
RECOGNITION PROGRAM
Honors O’Dowd Student
Senior Marina Ramsey has been recognized as a
2016-17 National Hispanic Scholar.
Each year, the National Hispanic Recognition Program
honors more than 5,000 academically outstanding
students from the more than 250,000 Hispanic/
Latino juniors who take the Preliminary SAT/National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
To be eligible, students
must be at least
one-quarter Hispanic/
Latino (based on the
program’s definition)
and achieve a minimum
PSAT/NMSQT score
for their region.
Students with a cumulative
junior year gradepoint
average of 3.5 or
higher are designated
as Scholars.
Photos by Lisa Coffey Mahoney ’76.
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