DCSD Congratulates National Merit Corporate Scholarship Winner
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of the first group of winners in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Only nine students in Colorado are being recognized for their educational excellence with corporate-sponsored awards - with one of those coming from the Douglas County School District.
Congratulations to outstanding DCSD scholar Mae Webster, who plans to study law. Mae attends Highlands Ranch High School.
Mae is the recipient of a National Merit corporate-sponsored award. Corporate sponsors provide scholarships for students who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage. Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000.
DCSD Home to National Merit $2,500 Winners
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of winners in the annual
National Merit Scholarship Program, including four from the Douglas County School District.
Congratulations to these outstanding DCSD scholars:
- Cathryn Church from Mountain Vista High plans to study law
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Alicia Tan from Rock Canyon High will pursue engineering
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Vinisha Tripathi from Mountain Vista High plans to study medicine
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Payton Tereick from Highlands Ranch High will pursue neurosurgery
These four outstanding DCSD students are the recipients of a National Merit $2,500
scholarship, selected from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists. These recipients have
the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous
college studies, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Recipients of the National Merit college-sponsored scholarships will be announced in June
and July.
DCSD Celebrates National Merit College-Sponsored Scholarship Winners
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation released today the names of the third group of winners in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the National Merit finalists who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
Congratulations to the following DCSD students:
- Nathan Kim, Rock Canyon High School - plans to study business administration at the University of Southern California
- Samantha Conca, Mountain Vista High School - plans to study computer science at Colorado State University
- Liliana Smith, Mountain Vista High School - plans to study mathematics at the University of South Florida
- Annie Gao, Rock Canyon High School - plans to study computer science at the University of Southern California
- Morgan Underwood, Legend High School - plans to study engineering at the University of Alabama
Recipients of the second and final round of National Merit college-sponsored awards will be announced on July 15.