George School is proud to announce that the following nine seniors have been recognized as Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program: Jyoti Arvey, Rainjade Chung, Timothy Darby, Amanda Everett, Caroline Gillis, Kathryn Powell, Christian Prajzner, Haley Schools, and Rebecca Sowiak. The students received this honor based on their performance on the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Commended Students scored among the top 5 percent of the over 1.5 million juniors in United States high schools who entered the 2010 National Merit Program by taking the 2008 PSAT/NMSQT. The students received letters of commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Begun in 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships.