Pembroke Hill High School - Raider Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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- , 2 Z f s grai is S sf f, 1.40 .Z ffm 1 7, f l n l any 2, ff V Back Row: Tom Willianis, Glen Speakmun, Doug Drake. Front Row: Roy Welsch, Bill Cozad. ational Merit Although Pem-Day had no National Merit Scholarship winners this year, each of its five semifinalists became finalists, and remained eli- gible for scholarships awarded outside of the NMS Corporation. Bill Cozad, Doug Drake, Glen Speakman, Roy Welsch and Tom Williams became part of the 2447 Missouri semifinalists by dint of their scores on the qualifying tests taken in March of their junior year. Though there are approximately 10,000 stu- dents itn the country who qualify for the finalist phase of the program, the number selected from each state is about UZ of its own high school population. The ranking of finalists, which ordinarily in- cludes 95'7b of the semifinalists, is based first upon the scores of the Scholastic Aptitude Test of the College Entrance Examination Board taken in December of the senior year. If the Board scores Scholarship do not fall below the NMSQT scores of the previous spring, and if each candidate completes compre- hensive personal and financial information forms, he becomes a finalist. Of finalists, ten percent f750- 1000 students per yearj are granted scholarships from the NMSC or from subsidiary sponsors. The adjustable sti- pends vary from 3100 to 31500 per year for four years, and may be discontinued at any time if the student shows a lack of co-operative effort or scholastic discipline during his college years. The Merit Scholars are chosen not only on the b-asis of test scores, but also in view of evidence of creativity, high school grades, qualities of leader- ship,- school and community citizenship, extra- curricular activities, and other data made available by high school officials. The NMSC committee ignores financial need, college choice and career plans in determining its scholarship winners.

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