The
Baldwin-Whitehall School District has joined a
statewide public outreach campaign designed to promote
the accomplishments, accountability and value of
Pennsylvania's public schools.
National
Merit Winners
The
2003 National Merit Scholarship competition began
when juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) in October 2001.
Of the 1.2 million students in 20,000 high schools
in the U.S. who took the test, 50,000 were identified
as "high-scorers." 16,000 of the high-scorers
went on to become Semifinalists; the others were
named as Commended Students. Semifinalists are
the highest scoring students in each state and
represent the top one percent of all seniors. The
Semifinalists advance to the Finalist level of
competition, where they must meet certain requirements.
About 90% or 15,000 students will become Finalists,
and, of those, 8,000 will become Merit Scholarship
winners. Finalists will be named in February and
scholarship winners will be named from April to
July. Baldwin High School seniors, Laura Berard,
Debra Grden, Catherine Grubb, Emily Matthews, and
PJ (Peter) Wallace have been named as National
Merit Commended Students and Nicole Zevola has
been named as a National Merit Semifinalist and
advanced to the Finalist level of the competition.
Nicole was notified in February that she has been
named as a National Merit Finalist.
Semifinalist
Nicole Zevola
Commended
Students (L-R) PJ Wallace, Laura Berard,
Emily Matthews, Cathy Grubb, Debra Grden
Posted
10/7/02 Updated 2/20/03
PMEA
Honors Band and Orchestra
Nicole
Hallinen has been selected to perform with the
PMEA Honors Orchestra. Nicole, a Baldwin High School
sophomore is a violinist. The concert is 7 p.m.,
November 23 at Greater Latrobe High School.
Baldwin
High School senior Emily Matthews, an oboe player
and junior Nick Andes, a saxophonist have been selected
from auditions to perform with the PMEA Honors Band
8:00 p.m., December 1 at Carnegie Music Hall of Pittsburgh.
Posted
10/14/02
Administration Building, 4900 Curry Road,
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
