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TWO MONTGOMERY ACADEMY SENIORS
NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS
Carter Chandler and Catherine Updegraff have been named National
Merit Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship
Program. These academically talented students have an opportunity to
continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships
worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring. Over 1.6
million juniors in about 22,000 high schools entered the 2019 National
Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which
served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool
of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school
seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
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Winter 2018
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CHURCHILL HONORS
9/11 HEROES
Churchill Academy students, faculty, and
staff gathered on September 11, 2018,
to honor the heroes of 9/11. Local first
responders and community members joined
the group to remember those who lost their
lives on that tragic day. First responders
were also honored for all that they do for the
local area each and every day. Scouts from
Churchill Academy’s Troop 20 presented
a flag ceremony during the memorial and
the Student Council presented an American
flag created from the handprints of each
Churchill Academy student, also.