National Merit Corporation Accolades

Seniors Aero McCormack and Charles Portwood are FWCD’s 2024-25 National Merit Semifinalists. They are among 1,714 Semifinalists from Texas and more than 16,000 nationwide. In February, Portwood was named a Fialist and will continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered this spring.

Seniors Jason Pham, Carolina Zamorano Beyart, Alex Seiden, Jordan Jones, Lucas Callahan, Chappell Carter and Janie Lee (not pictured) were named National Merit Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students were among the 34,000 Commended Students recognized for their exceptional academic promise.

“It is a privilege to recognize FWCD’s National Merit-recognized students annually,” said Director of College Counseling Kristin Larsen. “Not only do our seniors consistently earn PSAT scores that garner them national recognition, but they also epitomize the School’s core value of scholarship.”