Meet the National Merit semifinalists: Lessley Dennigton

Thursday, November 18, 2010

They are members of a select group of students, and this year in Southeast Missouri, the headquarters is Cape Girardeau Central High School. The Southeast Missourian introduces you to local National Merit semifinalists, all of whom are enrolled at Central. Out of a competitive field of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT last year, these high-achieving seniors have joined this year's class of 16,191 semifinalists nationally, 341 from Missouri. They are the only representatives from an 18-school area in Southeast Missouri. The students will compete for finalist honors, vying for one of 8,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $36 million combined.

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