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Greater Falls Church School Bulletin Board
Area Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
A record number of Fairfax County Public Schools students - 213 - have been named National Merit Scholasip Semifinalists by the Natioal Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) for 2005. Thomas Jerfferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), which also serves as the Governor's REgional School for Northern Virginia, has 153 semifinalists, making it the number one school in the nation for total numbe of semifinalists in 14 out the last 15 years.
The semifinalists are eligible to compete for 8,200 National Merit Scholarship awards worth $33.9 million, to be awarded in spring 2005. Greater Falls Church are National Merit Semifinalists are:
Marshall High School: ... Philip Collender ...
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