NPHS students earn honors

New Prague High School students Abigail Borchers and Sarah Knight were recently named as Commended Students in the 2005 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented by Principal Tom Doig to the seniors.

Roughly 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2005 competition for Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1 million students who entered the 2005 competition by taking the 2003 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The young men and women named Commended Students in the 2005 National Merit Program have exhibited an outstanding academic performance for which they are being honored