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NEWS: FS Earns 14 National Merit Semifinalists, Tied for Most in Kansas

NEWS: FS Earns 14 National Merit Semifinalists, Tied for Most in Kansas

Lilly Wall October 4, 2022

Earlier this month, 14 seniors at Free State were identified as semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship Program. This astounding achievement recognizes some of the top academically talented students...

National Merit Semifinalist seniors, Erin Schel, Lane Weis, Abena Peasah, Hazel Scott, Calvin Yost-Wolff, Sayuz Thapa, Mary Reed-Weston, Tarini Singh, Ian Putz-Earl, Cailyn Zicker, Sarah Mechem, Adelaide Wendell, Jialun Wang, Paige Lawrence, Katie Lane, Jonathan Leslie, Charlotte Crandall, and Michael Braman gather to recognize their achievements. Free State had its largest number of National Merit Semifinalist 17 students in total. “I figured we would have a good number (…) it’s nice to see the kids you work with succeed,” Advisor Larry Wolf said.

Record number of Free State National Merit Semifinalists announced

Jackson Barton, Online Editor-in-Chief September 14, 2016

“I was so excited, like not just for myself, but for everyone, I was so excited for my friends that got in, I was so excited to see them come into the room,” semifinalist Erin Scherl said. “Like,...

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