Paschal High School boasts four of seven FWISD students to make it as National Merit Scholars

by PegNews wire

They are the best of the best, the top of the top, the crème de la crème.

Today officials of the National Merit Scholarship program announce the first group of Merit Scholarship winners in 2007 - and seven students in the Fort Worth Independent School District are included in this elite group. They are:

Angela M. Cox

Paschal High School

Probable career field: International business

Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

Vatsala Goyal

Dunbar High School

Probable career field: Medicine

Sponsor: SAP America

Samuel B. Johnson

Arlington Heights High School

Probable career field: Film production

Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

Kari L. Olson

Paschal High School

Probable career field: Mechanical engineering

Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

Christopher R. Reed

Paschal High School

Probable career field: Finance

Sponsor: Gannett Foundation/Madelyn P. Jennings

Sloan M. Ware

Paschal High School

Probable career field: Mechanical engineering

Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

Staci N. Warren

Western Hills High School

Probable career field: Biological science

Sponsor: Lockheed Martin

These scholars were selected from Finalists in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program who meet the specific criteria of their scholarship sponsors, Lockheed Martin and SAP America.

This is National Merit Scholarship Corporation's first announcement of designees. Other recipients will be announced on May 2, May 23 and July 16.

For more information you may wish to visit National Merit Scholarship Corporation's Web site at http://www.nationalmerit.org/

Source: FWISD