Four Rossman School Alumni Honored as National Merit Semifinalists

Four members of Rossman School’s Class of 2007 received a prestigious honor this fall.

Rossman School alumni Thomas Hartke, Kelly Hatfield, Peter Schnuck, and Alice Woods were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

Kelly, Peter and Alice attended Rossman School for eight years before graduating in 2007. All three currently attend John Burroughs School. Thomas, who attended Rossman for grades 2 through 6, currently is attending Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ.

Of the 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 National Merit Scholarship program, only 16,000 were named semifinalists.

Approximately 15,000 finalists will be named in February. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic and service record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying PSAT, which they took as juniors in the fall of 2011.

Merit Scholarships will be awarded beginning in March and continuing through mid-June. Approximately 8,300 finalists will be awarded scholarships.