Commended students in the 2010 national merit scholarship program

SPARTA - Sparta High School students Nisha Drummond, Samantha Giugliano and Kelly Wilson have been named commended students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented by the director of guidance to these seniors at the Sparta High School Senior Academic Awards night in June. Although they will not continue in the 2010 competition for National Merit Scholarship, the three placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 competition by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test..