Main Line High School Students Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program

Oct. 23, 2011 - PRLog -- Ten Devon Prep seniors, nearly 20% of the Class of 2012, were recognized by the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.  Six of these students were named Semi-finalists and four are Commended Students.

The Semi-finalists are:  Ryan Fulmer of Broomall, Ryan O'Shea of King of Prussia, Hugh Phelan of Villanova, Nathan Stauffer of Berwyn, Adam Swift of Audubon, and Alexander Teplyakov of Phoenixville.

The Commended students include:  John Damstra of Newtown Square, Sean Gillin of West Chester, James Lockard of Wayne, and Nicholas Ragsdale of Collegeville.
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The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition for recognition and scholarships. More than 1.5 million students in over 22,000 U.S. high schools enter the Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The Semi-finalists are among the 16,000 students who are the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Semifinalists are the only participants who qualify to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships. Scholarship winners will be named in 2012. Approximately 90% of the semifinalists are expected to advance to the finalist level, based on academic achievement, skills, and potential for success.

Commended students are among 34,000 of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT® who were recognized for their outstanding academic promise.

On average 20% of Devon Prep’s graduates are named as Commended Students, Semifinalists or Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program each year.

Devon Prep is a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for young men in grades six to 12 conducted by the Piarist Fathers. The school is located on a 20 acre campus in Devon, Chester County and enrolls nearly 300 students who hail from Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties as well as parts of Philadelphia. For more information call 610-688-7337 or visit www.devonprep.com  or www.facebook.com/devonprep.