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Darlington’s Greene named National Merit finalist
Feb 11, 2013 9:10 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Senior Grace Greene is among the 15,000 students nationwide to be named finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. Thus, these students have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 scholarship awards, worth more than $32 million, that will be offered this spring.
“Grace is an outstanding member of the Darlington Community, and we are extremely proud of her accomplishments,” said Sam Moss (’63), Darlington’s dean of college guidance. “It is quite an honor to earn finalist status in the National Merit Program, and we wish Grace the best of luck as she competes for a scholarship award this spring.”
Greene, an AP Scholar, has taken 19 AP and Honors courses. She is an academic prefect and a servant leadership liaison, and also enjoys playing golf and tennis. Greene was named Student of the Year as a sophomore at Eagle’s Landing High School in her hometown of McDonough, Ga., and has received Darlington’s Sewanee Club Award and E.L. Wright Award for AP Biology (awarded to the student with the highest average). She enjoys volunteering her time at community organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club, McHenry Primary School, Rome Little Theater and Rome Action Ministries. She is the daughter of Robin and Gerald Greene of McDonough, Ga.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout the high school years, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit a self-descriptive essay and information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.
“Grace is an outstanding member of the Darlington Community, and we are extremely proud of her accomplishments,” said Sam Moss (’63), Darlington’s dean of college guidance. “It is quite an honor to earn finalist status in the National Merit Program, and we wish Grace the best of luck as she competes for a scholarship award this spring.”
Greene, an AP Scholar, has taken 19 AP and Honors courses. She is an academic prefect and a servant leadership liaison, and also enjoys playing golf and tennis. Greene was named Student of the Year as a sophomore at Eagle’s Landing High School in her hometown of McDonough, Ga., and has received Darlington’s Sewanee Club Award and E.L. Wright Award for AP Biology (awarded to the student with the highest average). She enjoys volunteering her time at community organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club, McHenry Primary School, Rome Little Theater and Rome Action Ministries. She is the daughter of Robin and Gerald Greene of McDonough, Ga.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout the high school years, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit a self-descriptive essay and information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.
