The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation has released the names of the 2022 National Merit Semifinalists. PVSchools is proud to have six students from Paradise Valley High School, Pinnacle High School, and Shadow Mountain High School qualify as Semifinalists.
PVSchools National Merit Semifinalists are:
Paradise Valley High School
Emma Gerrard
Chloe Rozalsky
Pinnacle High School
Aditi Baghel
Michael Stalford
Shadow Mountain High School
Jayce Cochell
Boaz Goldberg
The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation has also released the names of the 2022 National Merit Commended Students. PVSchools is proud to have 20 students from Horizon High School, North Canyon High School, Paradise Valley High School, Pinnacle High School, and Shadow Mountain High School qualify for this honor.
PVSchools National Merit Commended Students are:
Horizon High School
Charles Everroad
North Canyon High School
Mehtaab Rakkar
Paradise Valley High School
Megan Howell
Brady Kroening
John McLellan
Pangal Shashank Rao
Shiva Rudra
Paul Saulnier
Pinnacle High School
Kameron Cochrane
Elle Dirck
Erica Garay
Jack Hanna
Megan Hufnagel
Emma Kruse
Lincoln Paogofie
Dylan Perelgut
Jennifer Roberts
Kassidy Snow
Shadow Mountain High School
Alexa Fahrer
Boston McGarrahan
About The National Merit Scholarship Program
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).
Approximately, 16,000 students are notified that they have qualified as a Semifinalist in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. To be considered for a National Merit® Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing in the competition. Finalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships that will be offered next spring. Semifinalists will be notified in February 2022 if they are selected as Finalists.
More than two-thirds (about 34,000) of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Although Commended Students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for Special Scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.
