{"id":4294,"date":"2013-10-11T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T20:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hls.org\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2013-10-11T16:19:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T20:19:21","slug":"national-merit-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hls.org\/2013\/10\/11\/national-merit-program\/","title":{"rendered":"National Merit Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#404040 !important;\">Why Study Latin?\u00a07 out of 16\u00a0Highlands Latin\u00a0Seniors Recognized in National Merit Scholarship Competition<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#505050;\">A record\u00a07\u00a0out\u00a0of 16\u00a0<a style=\"color:#eb4102;\" href=\"https:\/\/hls.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Highlands Latin<\/a>\u00a0seniors were just recognized in the National Merit Scholarship Competition (6 Semifinalists and 1 Commended Student). \u00a0Semifinalists represent the top 1% of college-bound seniors.\u00a0The odds of this just happening by chance are\u00a0about 1 in 300,000,000.\u00a0\u00a0(See the\u00a0<em>Insider Louisville<\/em>\u00a0<a style=\"color:#eb4102;\" href=\"http:\/\/insiderlouisville.com\/metro\/education-community\/one-300-million-odds-almost-half-highlands-latin-school-seniors-recognized-national-merit-semi-finalists\/\" target=\"_blank\">feature article<\/a>\u00a0about this rare accomplishment.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#505050;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5928\" src=\"https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmerit2015.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=682\" alt=\"NatlMerit2015\" width=\"695\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmerit2015.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmerit2015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmerit2015-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#505050;\">Congratulations to Semifinalists (back) Samuel Roberts, Logan Crum, Andrew Thibaudeau, Spencer Henderson, (front) Anna McCain, and Lauren Petrey, and Commended Student,\u00a0Tom Mangione, pictured with Principal Shawn Wheatley and Headmistress\u00a0Cheryl Lowe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#505050;\"><a style=\"color:#eb4102;\" href=\"https:\/\/hls.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Highlands Latin<\/a>\u00a0has created a culture of excellence that has led to the highest percentage of National Merit Semifinalists in\u00a0Louisville over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Percent of Seniors Recognized as National Merit Semifinalists<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5958\" src=\"https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmeritcomparison.gif\" alt=\"NationalMeritComparison\" width=\"600\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmeritcomparison.gif 600w, https:\/\/hls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/natlmeritcomparison-300x93.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Study Latin?\u00a07 out of 16\u00a0Highlands Latin\u00a0Seniors Recognized in National Merit Scholarship Competition A record\u00a07\u00a0out\u00a0of 16\u00a0Highlands Latin\u00a0seniors were just recognized in the National Merit Scholarship Competition (6 Semifinalists and 1 Commended Student). \u00a0Semifinalists represent the top 1% of college-bound seniors.\u00a0The odds of this just happening by chance are\u00a0about 1 in 300,000,000.\u00a0\u00a0(See the\u00a0Insider Louisville\u00a0feature article\u00a0about this [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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