Geneva Furlano Commended By National Merit Scholarship Program

Leslie Whitcomb, the Principal of New Lebanon Jr./Sr. High School announced on September 30 that Geneva Furlano has been named a Commended Student in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to this scholastically talented senior. Furlano is also a star athlete on the Tiger girls varsity soccer team.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2010 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students 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 (PSAT/NMSQT®).