Student Celebrations
Roosevelt, Garfield high students named in 2011 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships program
Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of three Seattle Public School students who are among the first group of winners in the 56th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship winners are:
| Name | Scholarship | Probable career field |
| Morelle S. Arian, Roosevelt | National Merit Boeing Scholarship | Engineering |
| Alisa Hua Nguyen, Garfield | National Merit LMI Aerospace Scholarship | Engineering |
| Summer Caitlyn Than, Garfield |
National Merit Boeing Scholarship |
Business |
The students are part of the approximately 1,000 distinguished high school seniors nationwide who have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations.
Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the Finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for Finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.
Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $500 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.