Joliet Central High School Student Named National Merit Commended Student

Joliet Central High School student Shawn Roberts was recently named as a National Merit Commended Student.   

The National Merit Scholarship Program is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and is an annual academic competition for student recognition and college undergraduate scholarships.  Established in 1955, the National Merit Scholarship commission is a privately financed not-for-profit organization.

Students enter the National Merit Program by taking the preliminary SAT during their junior year.  Currently, about 1.5 million students in some 22,000 high schools enter the National Merit Scholarship Program each year.  More than two-thirds of the 50,000 high scorers will receive letters of commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.  Commended students are named on the basis of a nationally applied selection index sore.  Although commended students will not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some may be candidates for special scholarships.

Shawn is a senior in the Art and Communication Academy and is the son of Thomas and Naomi Roberts.  He is in the Chamber Choir, Orchestra and is taking Strength Training, PreCalc/Trig and Rhetoric.