She's not quite one in a million, but she's close. Lauren Webb is the first Hudson High School student in 14 years to be named a Commended Student in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. She placed in the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the 2010 preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, a news release states. ...more

November 8, 2009

Three Academy of the Holy Names students, Alexandra Sarau, Jennifer Caldwell and Sara Ku, were among 34,000 students from around the nation to receive recognition from the National Merit Scholarship program. ...more

October 21, 2009

Lauren VanHelden landed one of the top scores in Florida on her junior year PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, making her one of 16,000 semifinalists for the coveted scholarship. ...more

September 21, 2008

Hernando County public schools have produced two National Merit Scholarship semifinalists this year. ...more

September 13, 2008

Hillsborough County public schools produced more National Merit Scholarship semifinalists than any other school system in Florida, the school district announced Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hillsborough County public schools produced more National Merit Scholarship semifinalists than any other school system in Florida, the school district announced today. Sixty-four Hillsborough students won the semifinalist distinction, a 23 percent increase over last year's total of 52. ...more

September 10, 2008

Show Some Leadership Regarding "Is States' Rights A Position Or Evasion"? (front page, July 28): ...more

August 4, 2008

Nineteen Hillsborough County public school students have been named National Achievement Scholarship semifinalists. ...more

October 8, 2007