Local students are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

| October 5, 2017 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE - Several Kootenai County high school students are 2018 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

These students are in the top 16,000 of roughly 1.6 million students who entered the competition by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test when they were juniors.

Semifinalists have the opportunity to continue in the competition to be considered for a Merit Schoarship award.

About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and will be notified of this designation in February.

Roughly half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship and earn the National Merit Scholar title.

And the local semifinalists are:

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER ACADEMY

- Hannah R. Daniels

- Kevin J. Eaton

- Ashley A. Kaitz

- Sydney C. Morrison

- Thomas J. Taylor

- Clara M. Zaragoza

COEUR d’ALENE HIGH SCHOOL

- Bracken W. Curtis

- Emily A. Fooe

LAKE CITY HIGH SCHOOL

- Christopher Vargas