Bear Creek students shine in the classroom

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named seven Bear Creek students as semifinalists/commended students among 16,000 nationwide in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named seven Bear Creek students as semifinalists/commended students among 16,000 nationwide in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Semifinalists are Sean Gallagher, Adesuwa Agbonile and Miriam Rundell, and commended students are Price Ludwig, Scott Carlson, Emma Braden and Justin Li. From left to right: Ludwig, Carlson, Agbonile, Rundell, Braden, Li and Gallagher.

National Merit Scholarship winners of 2017 will be announced beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 323,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.