All of us – especially parents – are very much interested in having happy and successful futures for our children and our young people in general. So there is special interest at this time of year when outstanding high schoolers are honored – and have opportunities opened for them – by winning semifinalist status for National Merit Scholarships.
We salute the 31 semifinalists in our areas of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama!
In Tennessee, they are:
Baylor School – Johnathan Bowes, Junnie Kwon, Ryan Riedmueller, Sydney Rupe and Megan Thompson.
Boyd-Buchanan School – Siri Alay.
Chattanooga Christian School – Daniel Adams.
Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences – Matthew Collum and Sarah Hilling.
Cumberland County High School – John Garland of Crossville.
Girls Preparatory School – Michelle Bangson, Archer Brock, Danielle Chirumbole, Shelby DeWeese, Laura Higbee and Blair Stewart.
Hixson High School – Jason Burford.
Homeschoolers – Briana Wever of Collegedale and Dale Hoagland of Sewanee.
McCallie School – Nathan Bird, Noah Olenchek, Mark Taylor and Carter Ward.
McMinn County High School – Katherine Edwards and Colin O’Malley of Athens.
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School – Marianne Sanders.
In Georgia, the semifinalists are:
Dalton High School – Yea Bae.
Darlington School – Stephanie Kehl of Rome.
Homeschoolers – Melanie Kehrer of Ringgold and Stephen Wunrow of Rossville.
In Alabama, the regional semifinalist is Andrew Cookston of Scottsboro High School.
Congratulations to them all. May this be just the beginning of bright and successful futures.