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SVHS Senior Gets Letter of CommendationPrincipal B. Delos Gardner of Star Valley High School has announced that Curt H. Call, a senior has been honored for his high performance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given last spring.Each student who is endorsed by his school receives a formal letter of commendation signed by his principal and the president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.John M. Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, stated:“About 32,000 students from across the country are being awarded letters of commendation in recognition of their outstanding performance on the qualifying test. Although they did not reach the status of semifinalists in the current merit program, they are so capable that we wish to call attention in this way to their achievement and academic promise.“The semifinalists and commended students together con-titute about two percent of all high school seniors. This certainly signifies noteworthy accomplishment by all of these bright youngsters.”The National Merit Scholarship Corporation gives recognition to two groups of students who achieve high scores on the NMSQT. The semifinalist groupis composed of the highest-scoring students in each state and in U. S. territories.Some 13,000 semifinalists take a second examination to establish further their eligibilty to receive merit scholarships.Bruce Barrus and Bill Hastings have been previously announced by Principal Gardner as semifinalists.
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Afton Star Valley Independent
Afton, Wyoming, US
Thu, Oct 10, 1963
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