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North Hills Seniors Recognized in National Merit Scholarship Program N orth Hills High School seniors Alyssa Aguglia, Andrew Bensch, Elena McGoey and Donatas Miseikis have been named 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students. They are among only 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation to be recognized with this academic accolade for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students scored in the top 50,000 scorers of the 1.6 million students who entered the 2019 competition. N The National Merit program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test – a test which serves as an initial screening of approximately 1.6 million juniors in 22,000 high schools each year – and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements. North Hills Music Department to Hold Winter Concerts Through December orth Hills School District Music Department will hold a variety of winter concerts during the upcoming holiday season. All events are free, and community members are welcome and encouraged to attend. All events are in the middle school auditorium unless otherwise noted. • Nov. 29 – Middle School and High School Orchestras Concerts – 7 p.m. • Dec. 5 - High School Bands Concert – 7 p.m. • Dec. 8 - Choirs’ Madrigal Dinner – 6:30 p.m. in St. Athanasius Church Hall • • • • Dec. 11 - Guitar Recital – 7 p.m. in High School Auditorium Dec. 12 - Middle School Bands Concert – 7 p.m. Dec. 13 - Elementary Band Concert – 7 p.m. Dec. 17 - Children’s Choir Concert – 7 p.m. in West View Elementary Auditorium • Dec. 18 - High School Choirs Concert – 7 p.m. in High School Auditorium • Dec. 19 - Middle School Choirs Concert – 7 p.m. • Dec. 20 - Elementary Orchestra Concert – 7 p.m. ROSS TOWNSHIP ❘ WINTER 2018 45