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Lake Hamilton High School senior Jordan Erickson, right, was recently presented a certificate by Principal Donald Westerman for being named a National Merit finalist. Of the 1.6 million students who take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test each year, one percent, about 16,000, of tested students earn scores that qualify them as semifinalists. This group is then narrowed down to 15,000, who become finalists. Of this group, about 7,500 are awarded renewable scholarships of $2,500 per year of college.
School on 03/17/2019