FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2021
(Novato, CA) … The Novato Unified School District is pleased to announce that Jack Moffett, Novato High School senior, has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. He was one of 12 students in Marin County named a Semi-Finalist in September 2020.
Jack is one of more than 15,000 Finalists that will be considered for a National Merit Scholarship in 2021 and has demonstrated through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment. These 15,000 Finalists comprise approximately 1% of high school seniors across the country.
In addition, the following students have been named a Commended Student by the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC):
Izagani Aquino San Marin High School
Madison Cinelli San Marin High School
Evan Colenbrander San Marin High School
Derek Dela Cruz San Marin High School
Emily G. Oblites Novato High School
Timothy Simmons Novato High School
Andersen Teoh San Marin High School
“On behalf of myself and the Board of Trustees, we congratulate Jack and all our National Merit scholars. They have shown dedication and resilience, especially this past year, and are very proud and impressed with their accomplishments,” commented Superintendent Kris Cosca.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
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