Boerne High School principal Natalie Farber announced today that five students have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Nicholas B. Adams, Matthew C. Duncan and Kevin S. McElhenney have been named Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Farber also announced that Marcus W. Clarke and Alyssa C. Garrison have been selected as 2015-16 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars. This year, the NHRP is recognizing nearly 5,300 students selected from a pool of over 250,000 who took the 2014 PSAT/NMSQT/PAA and identified themselves as Hispanic/Latino. Students recognized by the NHRP are at least one-quarter Hispanic/ Latino and have achieved a minimum PSAT/NMSQT score for their region. Students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher are designated as Scholars.
From left, National Merit Commended Student Kevin S. McElhenney, National Hispanic Scholar Alyssa C. Garrison, Boerne High School principal Natalie Farber, National Hispanic Scholar Marcus W. Clarke, and National Commended Student Matthew C. Duncan. Not pictured is National Commended Student Nicholas B. Adams.