Local student receives ‘Commended Student’

Fletcher Moore has been named a Commended Student in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Fletcher Moore has been named a Commended Student in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program.

A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented by the school principal.

About 34,000 Commended Students through the nation are being recognized for their academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2014 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition by taking the 2012 preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.