Palatine Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

Several Palatine students have been named National Merit semifinalists.

Semifinalists from William Fremd High School include Justine M. Chee, Nathan J. Cornwell, Soumyaa Mazumder, Ellen Ni, Walter K. Panfil, Sanjana K. Shah, Jeemin Sim and Jennie Yang. Palatine High School semifinalists are Kara M.Burton, Lisa M. Kehe, and Lawson Kosulic.

The National Merit scholarship program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships. Semifinalists must advance to finalist standing in the competition by meeting high academic standard, receiving a recommendation from their principal and earning SAT scores that confirm the earlier qualifying test performance.