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Sixteen Seniors Named National Merit Finalists

For Immediate Release

February 9, 2010

LAKE OSWEGO - The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named 16 seniors from Lake Oswego and Lakeridge high schools as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Congratulations to these National Merit Finalists for their outstanding academic achievement:

Christopher Aholt

Lake Oswego High School

Jenny Asparro

Lake Oswego High School

Arjun Bhargava

Lake Oswego High School

Catharine Harter

Lake Oswego High School

Preben Ingvaldsen

Lake Oswego High School

Catrina Klossner

Lakeridge High School

Elmer Le

Lake Oswego High School

Matthew Lee

Lake Oswego High School

Julia Li

Lake Oswego High School

Karen Li

Lake Oswego High School

Nathaniel Porter

Lake Oswego High School

Kathryn Schelonka

Lake Oswego High School

Kyle Teegarden

Lakeridge High School

Jeffrey Wells

Lake Oswego High School

Margot White

Lake Oswego High School

Wayne Yang

Lake Oswego High School

These students were selected from more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 National Merit Program. Students were considered for the program when they took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMST) as high school juniors. The nationwide pool of finalists represents less than one percent of graduating high school seniors.

To be named finalists, these students demonstrated an outstanding academic record throughout high school, were endorsed and recommended by their high school principal, and earned SAT scores that confirmed their earlier performance on the qualifying test. Finalists submitted a detailed scholarship application, which included a self-descriptive student essay and information about their participation in leadership and community activities.

National Merit scholarship winners will be announced this spring. All finalists are considered for 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships. Approximately 1,000 corporate-sponsored scholarships will also be provided by corporations and businesses to those finalists who meet specific criteria. Additionally, about 200 colleges and universities finance some 4,700 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for finalists who attend the sponsor institution.

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