by Precocia Parlow
The National Merit Scholarship Program is academic competition that occurs every year for recognition and scholarships and it is open to all U.S. high school students who meet the requirements. In speaking with Mrs. Deckelmann we learned the criterion for this competition is that the students must take the PSAT in their junior year and score around 210. The two round selection process consists of semifinalists who may or may not move on to being a finalist.
The benefits of being a NMS are getting national recognition for college and scholarship awards, possibly getting a full tuition to a private or Ivy League college, and having a sense of great pride and accomplishment.
In the Greater New Orleans Area, our school has the third highest number of students that were NMS right behind Benjamin Franklin (27), and Jesuit (26). Our NMS semi finalists are Stevie Cavalier, Nowrin Chowdhury, Jessica Gaethe, Zaid Khan, Eric Le, Senthil Natarajan, Sahil Patel, Ahmad Razi, Betool Ridha, Noah Ross, and Leigh Vila. Of the fourteen NMS in Jefferson Parish, eleven are Haynes students.
There are also National Merit Commended Scholars which means that these people came very close to obtaining the qualifying score. Our Haynes commended scholars are Shoham Das, Malerie Eiserloh, Mohammed Elaasar, Steven Nelson, and Kelly Schaubhut. Congratulations to all of the National Merit Scholar Semifinalists and National Commended Scholars! Haynes is very proud of you.
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| National Merit Semi-Finalists |
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| National Commended Scholars photos by Christie Gomez |
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