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The National Merit Program announced that 12 Shawnee Mission School District students are National Merit Finalists.
These students took the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which serves as an initial screen for 1.6 million program entrants each year.
The following students earned finalist distinction and will have an opportunity to advance in the competition for National Merit Scholarship awards. These scholarships, worth about $31 million, will be offered this coming spring.
Shawnee Mission East
Grant Goode
Allyson Griffith
Miranda Hack
Thomas Joyce
Sabrina Lin
Ainsley Rice
Shawnee Mission Northwest
Megan Goetz
Noah Gruman
Mina Rulis
Shawnee Mission South
Amelia Mullin
Shawnee Mission West
Amy Qiang
Nicholas Wallenburg
