DALLAS — Fourteen Dallas Independent School District students have been named semifinalists for the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program.
According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Semifinalists are chosen based on their 2014 preliminary SAT scores.
Each year, 1.5 million students take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
The Dallas ISD semifinalists are:
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
- Hennig, Elaine M.
Science and Engineering Magnet School at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
- De Alba, Enrique
- Fritz, Connor D.
- Graham, Calvin R.
- Hamada, Caleb M.
- Johnson, Isys A.
Talented and Gifted Magnet School at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
- Chan, Gabriella C.
- Johnson, Mikaela
- Mai, Ashley Q.
- Rao, Shicheng
- Reddy, Sindhu M.
- Siedell, William E.
- Somani, Aliya
- Truitt, Jennifer K.
