MHS Principal Robert Parga announces 2019 National Merit Scholars

The following provided by Principal Robert Parga, Medfield High School. Caption: Pictured Row 1, left to right: GC Kathy Mahoney, Tatum Samson, William Maritan, Ella Matthews, GC Anne Lodge. Row 2, left to right: Asst Principal Heather Mandosa, Anna Compson, Meredith Kratochwill, Dylan Hogan, Katherine Farrell, Principal Robert Parga. Row 3, left to right: Molly Drumm, Peter Barrette, Michael Hawley, Mathias Epstein.

MHS Principal Robert Parga announces 2019 National Merit Scholars

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and through the support of many business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

In the fall of 2017 about 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQ). From 50,000 high scorers nationwide, National Merit Commended Students are selected.

Medfield High School Principal Robert Parga is proud to announce the following seniors have received this distinction: Peter Barrette, Anna Compson, Molly Drumm, Mathias Epstein, Katherine Farrell, Michael Hawley, Dylan Hogan, Meredith Kratochwill, William Maritan, Ella Matthews and Tatum Samson.