For Immediate Release • October 4, 2005
Terren Roloff, Director
Community Relations
Phone: 354-7338

SPS applauds National Merit commended students

Two dozen students from Spokane Public Schools performed well enough on their PSAT to be named National Merit commended students.

They are Shadle Park’s John Choma, Lewis and Clark’s Katherine Dittman, Leslie Eddy, Hannabeth Franchino, Matthew Gardner, Sarah Godlewski, Aaron Gunderson, Steven Harris, Allison Moran, Josh Peterson, Daniel Ready, Lauren Ring, Laurel Severt, John Taffin and Stacie Terhark, North Central’s Leah Jordan and Ferris’ Daniel Clawson, Hanna Griffing, Kennedy Kearney-Fischer, Rebecca Mackelprang, Jaclyn Middaugh, Nicolle Rose, Erin Solvie and Jody Zellman.

In late September, more than two-thirds or 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. Commended Students are named on the basis of a nationally applied selection index score that may vary from year to year and is below the level required for participants to be named semifinalists in their respective states.

Although commended students do not continue in the competition for Merit Scholarship awards, some of these students do become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.