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Forty-two high school seniors in Louisiana have captured scholarships so far as part of the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
These include winners announced Wednesday as well as three who were announced April 23.
More winners are being announced June 4 and July 14. By the conclusion of this year’s competition, 6,930 students will have won National Merit Scholarships worth more than $26 million. They were selected out of a larger group of more than 15,000 finalists and more than 16,000 semifinalists. Louisiana has 237 National Merit semifinalists this year.
The New Orleans area, including the Northshore, have 23 scholarship winners so far while the Baton Rouge area has 13 winners. Shreveport is next with three winners.
Here are the New Orleans area winners:
Metairie
New Orleans
Covington
The scholarships announced Wednesday are a flat amount of $2,500 each and are being financed by the organizers of the National Merit scholarship program. The five scholarships announced April 24 are funded by corporations and their value ranges from $1,000 to $10,000 a year.
The high school with the most seniors receiving National Merit scholarships so far is Isidore Newman School in New Orleans with six. Baton Rouge Magnet High and Episcopal High, both in Baton Rouge, have four each.
Email Charles Lussier at clussier@theadvocate.com.
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