Dan Lundberg	Jack McGinn

Nine Benilde-St. Margaret’s seniors have been recognized by either the National Merit Scholarship Program or the College Board for the 2011-2012 school year.  The Red Knights have two National Merit semifinalists and six commended students.  BSM’s semifinalists are Dan Lundberg and Jack McGinn.  Less than one percent of each state’s high school seniors qualify as semifinalists, making up approximately 16,000 nationwide.  To become finalists, semifinalists must have outstanding academic records, endorsement from their school principals, and SAT scores that confirm their earlier PSAT results.  Finalists in this process will be notified in February.

Also being recognized for their exceptional academic promise are a total of about 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation.  Commended students from BSM are Michael Gerten, Nicholas Hillson, Sam Ingbar, Ian Norman, Benjamin Rosengren and Jennifer Vogl. 

More information about the National Merit Scholarship Program can be found at www.nationalmerit.org.

Frances Jimenez

In addition, the College Board has selected Frances Jimenez as a National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Scholar. The NHRP identifies outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students. This year, the NHRP is recognizing nearly 5,000 students from a pool of over 235,000. Students recognized identified themselves as at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino and have achieved a minimum PSAT/NMSQT/PAA score for their region. Scholars have a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

More information about the NHRP is at www.collegeboard.org