WS Chronicle

Eleven students in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County high schools have been named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists for the 2018 Scholarship Program.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced the names of about 16,000 semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $32 million that will be offered next spring.

Scholarships are underwritten both by the program and by about 420 business organizations and higher education institutions.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County semifinalists and their home schools are:

Atkins Academic and Technology
Ethan Austin
Caroline Duncan
Ali Mirzazadeh
Matthew Shealy

Mount Tabor
Lucas Bannigan

Reagan
Spencer Ballus
Lydia Wu

Reynolds
David Green
Matthew Meyers
William Rawlings

West Forsyth
Drew Fisher

*Some of these students also attend the Career Center High School.