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  • Jamie Brown and MacKenzie Liu named Semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship Program

    Jamie Brown and MacKenzie Liu named Semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship Program

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School Seniors Jamie Brown and MacKenzie Liu have been named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. According to a statement issued by the District, the students, “…earned this honor for their high academic achievement and exemplary scores on their pre-SAT tests.” About 16,000 students nationwide are recognized as National Merit Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of high school seniors.

    “Congratulations to Jamie, MacKenzie, and their families for this amazing accomplishment. Loveland High School is proud to shine a light on their amazing work, and we can’t wait to see what awesome things they accomplish in the future,” LHS Principal Dave Spencer said.

    Press Release continued by saying, “The National Merit Scholarship Program honors academically talented US high school students and stimulates support for their education. National Merit Semifinalists can advance in competition to become National Merit Finalists and qualify for National Merit Scholarships, corporate-sponsored scholarships, and college-sponsored scholarships.”

    “Jamie and MacKenzie have accomplished something that will help set them on a fantastic path for the future. Student success is the number one goal of our #beLOVEland Strategic Vision, and our Loveland Tiger students couldn’t be successful without amazing support from their families, our staff, and our community,” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said.

  • Six LHS students named “Commended Students” by the National Merit Scholarship Program

    Six LHS students named “Commended Students” by the National Merit Scholarship Program

    Photo by Loveland Schools

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School students; Isaac Astifan, Jay Christian, Carolyn Clore, Benjamin Hicks, Natalie Hutchinson, and Ariela Moore have been named “Commended Students” by the National Merit Scholarship Program and recognized for their outstanding academic promise.

    Established in 1955, National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. NMSC is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions to NMSC are tax deductible by the donor. NMSC conducts the National

    Merit® Scholarship Program, an annual academic competition for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships. Additionally, from 1965 to 2015, NMSC conducted the National Achievement® Scholarship Program, an academic competition for Black American high school students. (See the National Achievement Scholarship Program page for information about the program and its history.)

    NMSC’s goals have remained constant since its inception:

    • to identify and honor academically talented U.S. high school students
    • to stimulate increased support for their education
    • to provide efficient and effective program management for organizations who wish to sponsor college undergraduate scholarships
  • Margaret Sprigg-Dudley (Loveland) Semifinalist in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program

    Margaret Sprigg-Dudley (Loveland) Semifinalist in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program

    Computer science…engineering…policy…business…communications…chemistry.  These are the fields of study five Cincinnati Area National Merit Semifinalists hope to enter when they attend college next year.  
     
    “It’s no secret that Country Day is academically rigorous and that certainly helped me prepare for the test, but being such a small school we also get more individualized attention from our teachers and that is invaluable,” said Loveland resident Margaret Sprigg-Dudley ’22.  

    Cincinnati Country Day School seniors Christian Fitzpatrick (Kenwood), Pooja Kantemneni (Mason), Victor Nica (Anderson), Alistair Norwood (Coldstream), and Margaret Sprigg-Dudley (Loveland) were recently named among the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. 
     
    These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 7,600 National Merit scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered in the spring.  
     
    Christian Fitzpatrick ’22 added, “The quality of teachers is also really important. If you have quality teachers that go beyond the required material like we do here [at Country Day] I’m sure that increases the likelihood that you would be prepared for something like standardized testing.”  

    Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. 

    To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. Over 90% of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

  • LHS’s Bea Aldrich, National Merit Finalist

    LHS’s Bea Aldrich, National Merit Finalist

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School senior Bea Aldrich has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Bea was recognized in October as a semi-finalist and now advances to the next stage. The National Merit Scholarship program exists to promote scholastic excellence, and her certificate notes Bea demonstrates “through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment.” The National Merit scholarships are to be awarded between April and July.

  • Five Loveland Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students

    Five Loveland Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School has announced seniors Katherine Amburgey, Jackson Crane, Ansley Richards, Calvin Spencer, and Meghan Tibbs have been named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program.

    The National Merit Scholarship Program recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability based on their performance on the PSAT taken during the junior year. These Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

  • Loveland High School students among the best academically in the nation

    Loveland High School students among the best academically in the nation

    A Letter of Commendation will be presented to Seniors (left to right) Ashley George, Samantha James, Simon Grome, Daniel Hinrichsen and Zachary Case by Loveland High School and the National Merit Scholarship Program.

     

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District congratulates Loveland High School (LHS) Seniors Zachary Case, Ashley George, Simon Grome,Daniel Hinrichsen and Samantha James, who have been named Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students are recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

    Approximately 34,000 test takers in the United States qualified as Commended Students by placing among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT/NMSQT in October 2018.

    “We are thrilled to have five Commended Students at Loveland High School this year,” said LHS Principal Peggy Johnson. “This is truly a fantastic accomplishment by each one of them and an amazing stepping stone in their continued pursuit of academic success.”

  • Abigail Docter, Tyler Gray and Sophia Muir recognized among the best of the best academically in the nation

    Abigail Docter, Tyler Gray and Sophia Muir recognized among the best of the best academically in the nation

    Loveland High School Seniors Abigail Docter (top left), Sophia Muir (top right) and Tyler Gray (bottom).

    National Merit Scholarship Program Names Three LHS Seniors as Commended Students

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District has announced that Loveland High School (LHS) Seniors Abigail Docter, Tyler Gray and Sophia Muirwho have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the competition by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

    “The recognition is a testament to the academic ability of these amazing students who stand among the best of the best in the nation,” said LHS Principal Peggy Johnson. “We are thrilled and congratulate them all on this fantastic accomplishment!”

    Established in 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. It was established for the sole purpose of managing the National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 420 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goal of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence. Although Commended Students do not continue on in the scholarship competition, they are recognized for exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying test used for program entry.

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