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Photos: National Merit Semi-finalists, Commended Scholars at ORHS

Posted at 2:15 pm November 3, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Sitting: Abigail Greenhalgh, daughter of Dyrk and Heidi Greenhalgh; Lara Blokland, daughter of Willem and Suzanne Blokland. Standing: Logan Rumbaugh, son of David and Rebecca Bowman (Submitted photo)

National Merit Semi-finalists—Sitting: Abigail Greenhalgh, daughter of Dyrk and Heidi Greenhalgh; Lara Blokland, daughter of Willem and Suzanne Blokland. Standing: Logan Rumbaugh, son of David and Rebecca Bowman (Submitted photo)

 

Here are photos of National Merit Semi-finalists and Commended Scholars at Oak Ridge High School.

Semi-finalists scored in the top 1 percent in the state, while the Commended Scholars scored in the top 2-3 percent in their state on the PSAT test in their junior year. The PSAT is the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Commended Scholars—Sitting from left to right: Andrew Whitus, son of Bobby and Cheryl Whitus; Tyr Hondorf, son of Lars and Elizabeth Hondorf; Amanda Pitz, daughter of Daniel and Miriam Pitz; Michael Ma, son of Dong Ma and Yanfeng Huang. Standing from left to right: Curtis Robertson, son of Lee and Janet Robertson; Jacob Etheridge, son of Allen and Suzanne Etheridge; Wilson Huang, son of Boashan Huang and Xiaojie Kong; and Madison Loggins, daughter of Todd and Kristi Loggins. Not pictured: Abigail Tolliver, daughter of Gregory and Glenda Tolliver; and Max Wildgruber, son of Ulrich and Marian Wildgruber. (Submitted photo)

Commended Scholars—Sitting from left to right: Andrew Whitus, son of Bobby and Cheryl Whitus; Tyr Hondorf, son of Lars and Elizabeth Hondorf; Amanda Pitz, daughter of Daniel and Miriam Pitz; Michael Ma, son of Dong Ma and Yanfeng Huang. Standing from left to right: Curtis Robertson, son of Lee and Janet Robertson; Jacob Etheridge, son of Allen and Suzanne Etheridge; Wilson Huang, son of Boashan Huang and Xiaojie Kong; and Madison Loggins, daughter of Todd and Kristi Loggins. Not pictured: Abigail Tolliver, daughter of Gregory and Glenda Tolliver; and Max Wildgruber, son of Ulrich and Marian Wildgruber. (Submitted photo)

 

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Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: Abigail Greenhalgh, Abigail Tolliver, Amanda Pitz, Andrew Whitus, Commended Scholars, Curtis Robertson, Jacob Etheridge, Lara Blokland, Logan Rumbaugh, Madison Loggins, Max Wildgruber, Michael Ma, National Merit Semi-finalists, Oak Ridge High School, Tyr Hondorf, Wilson Huang

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