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Right, Amanda
Johnson and Jeff
i Pugh, both seniors at
Forsyth Central High
School, have been
recognized as semi
finalists in the 1999
merit scholarship
competition.
Photo/T om Brooks
Seniors named semi-finalists in
merit scholarship competition
Approximately 15,500 semi-finalists in the 44th
annual National Merit Scholarship Program were
recently announced. Among the semi-finalists
named were Amanda Johnson and Jeff Pugh, seniors
at Forsyth Central High School.
These academically talented high school seniors
now have an opportunity to continue in the competi
tion for some 7,600 merit scholarship awards, worth
more than S2B million, which will be offered next
spring.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation,
which conducts the academic competition, is a pri
vately financed, not-for-profit corporation.
Scholarships awarded through the merit program
are supported by about 600 independent sponsor
organizations and institutions that join NMSC in its
efforts to honor scholastically able young men and
women, to broaden their educational opportunities,
and to encourage academic excellence at all levels.
Nearly 1.2 million students in more than 20,000
College news
Agnes Scott College
Julian Bond, chair of the board
6f directors of the NAACP and
one of the moving forces behind
the civil rights movement, will
address Agnes Scott College’s
Martin Luther King Convocation
at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27
in Presser Hall. During the height
of the civil rights movement,
Bond was a co-founder of SNCC,
the influential Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee. In
1965, he was elected to the
Georgia House of
Representatives.
Choosing a college
that’s right for you
Selecting a college can be a chal
lenge. The United States has 1,869
accredited four-year and 1,679
accredited two-year colleges from
which to choose.
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• know yourself. Do a self
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Do you want to attend a small or
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guidance counselors should be
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United States high schools entered the 1999 merit
program as juniors by taking the 1997 Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test,
which served as an initial screen for program
entrants. The recently named semi-finalists are the
highest scorers in each state and represent less than
one percent of each state’s high school graduating
class.
The next step for the Semi-finalists is to fulfill
requirements for advancement to finalist standing, a
pre-requisite to consideration for a merit scholar
ship award. They must have an outstanding high
school academic record, be endorsed and recom
mended by their school principal, and submit SAT
scores which confirm their earlier qualifying test
performance.
For more information on the National Merit
Scholarship Program, contact the corporation at
1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200, Evanston, 111.
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The South Forsyth High School Marching Eagle Band.
Marching Eagles complete season
The South Forsyth High School
Marching Eagle Band recently
completed the 1998 competition
season at the Old South Marching
Classic held in Newnan.
The band, under the direction of
Patrick Denney, thrilled the audi
ence with Arabian music and cap
tured straight superior ratings
from all three judges.
Good students apply now
Scholarship deadline approaching
High school students with a grade point average
of ‘B’ or better and college students with a grade
point average of ‘B+’ or better are eligible for a
SI,OOO college scholarship, reports the
Educational Communications Scholarship
Foundation.
To receive an application, send a request by
Dec. 16 to Educational Communications
Scholarship Foundation, 721 North McKinley
Road, P.O. Box 5012, Lake Forest. 111. 60045-
5012, or fax a request to (847)
295-3972, or e-mail a request to
scholar@ecsf.org.
All requests for applications
must include the following: stu
dent’s name, permanent home
Drum major Julie Ditmore and
assistant Jennifer Peters also
received a superior rating.
Earlier in the season they com
peted at the Fort Mountain
Marching Festival in Chatsworth.
There they also received and
overall superior rating. Ditmore
and Peters received a superior rat
ing in this festival in addition to
address, city, state, zip code, name of current high
school or college, approximate grade point aver
age and year in school during the 1998-99 acade
mic year.
Applications will be fulfilled by mail only on or
about Jan. 7. Two hundred and fifty winners will
be selected on the basis of academic performance,
involvement in extracurricular activities and some
consideration for financial need. A total of
$250,000 will be awarded.
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being selected Best in Class.
They received the second highest
score of all drum majors in all
classes in competition that day.
Selections for the season includ
ed: “Arabian Knights” from
Aladdin, “Scheherazade” by
Rimsky-Korsakov, “Sabre
Dance,” “Arab Dance” and
“Bacchanale.”