2016 National Merit Semifinalists
Lower School Girls Raise $10,000 for DPD Shooting Victims In a true display of the Hock-a-Way, four Lower School girls, Landry Nelon, Lauren Roach, Emmy Roberts, and Lily Roberts donated $10,000 to the Dallas Police Department after five officers were killed while protecting an anti-police brutality protest last summer. They set up a twoday lemonade stand to collect donations for the Dallas Police Department and the victims’ families, and they were stunned by the community’s generosity. From their efforts, the girls presented the check to leaders of the Dallas Police Association and thanked them for their unwavering protection of the citizens of Dallas.
Wendy Ho, Lauren Hoang, Amy Jia, Melanie Kerber, Erin LeBlanc, Brenda Lee, Sarah Siddiqui, Chiharu Watanabe, Amanda Yang, Elizabeth Zhou, and Jenny Zhu. These girls were chosen from approximately 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. This year, more than 16,000 semifinalists have been named across the nation, and these individuals now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards, worth approximately $33 million.
Twenty-Five Hockaday Seniors Named Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program Twenty-five seniors received Letters of Commendation in the National Merit Scholarship Program. This honor signifies that these students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition. Students who received this honor will become candidates for special
Fifteen Hockaday Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists The Hockaday School proudly recognizes 15 students who will advance as semifinalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program, a national academic competition for recognition and scholarship that began in 1955. The semifinalists include Emma Deshpande, Sara Held, Natalia Henry, Helena Hind,
2016 National Merit Commendees
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