Commended Students are among nation's top 5 percent

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named students from Delaware Valley Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program (from left): Leah Yost, Brittany Mross, Jacob Lockwood, Madison Door, Laura Reno. Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2017 competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Some 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. (Photo provided)