2018 National Merit Semi-Finalists Announced

2018 National Merit Semifinalists Announced

Posted on 09/13/2017

Officials from National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) have announced the names of Boise School District students selected as Semifinalists in the 63rd Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The 30 students from Boise School District selected for this national honor represent 35% of Idaho's total number of 2018 National Merit Semifinalists (86). The Boise School District enrolls about 9% of the students in the state of Idaho.

"Only one percent of students nationwide achieve National Merit Semi-Finalist status. The hard work and diligence of these students is paying off. Congratulations to each of our award winners and their families," said Boise Schools Superintendent Don Coberly. "The Boise School District is committed to providing the advanced, rigorous coursework and highly skilled teachers students need to earn this recognition."

The Boise School District students named National Merit Semifinalists are pictured below in alphabetical order by last name. These academically talented high school seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation issued a news release with the names of the Boise School District students and other Idaho students selected as National Merit Semifinalists.

Kendra Borden Boise High School	Anaise Boucher-Browning Boise High School	Jacob Brown Borah High School	Sierra Budinoff Boise High School	Megan Byres Timberline High School
Logan Chai Boise High School	Elsie Childress Capital High School	Aaron Christensen Timberline High School	Paul Faucher Boise High School	Shelby Galinat Boise High School
William Gattiker Boise High School	Hanna Kessler Capital High School	Sierra Knowles Capital High School	Jusung Lee Boise High School	Hannah Lim Timberline High School
Alyssa Lu Boise High School	Allison Martz Capital High School	Jackson McEachern Boise High School	Alexander Mikhalev Timberline High School	Laura Pape Boise High School
Jackson Rainey Boise High School	Asher Savin Boise High School	Benjamin Seabourn Boise High School	Leyandra Snyder Timberline High School	Peter Stine Boise High School
Zhishan Wang Boise High School	Cade Warnock Borah High School	Carly Werdel Boise High School	Sophie Wieber Boise High School	Jeffrey Zhou Boise High School