Coosa High Senior is National Merit Finalist

Luke Weeks, a senior at Coosa High School, is a Finalist in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 15,000 Semifinalists were involved in the selection process in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The names on the list of Finalists were announced recently by officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Luke and approximately 15,000 other scholastically talented high school seniors selected as Finalists, have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards. Scholarship winners will be announced in the spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, students must fulfill several requirements and advance to the Finalist level of the competition. Approximately half of the Finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners, earning the Merit Scholar title.

All winners of Merit Scholarship® awards (Merit Scholar® designees) are chosen from the Finalist group, based on their abilities, skills, and...

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