District Student Named National Merit Finalist

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Davis HS Principal Anthony Watkins poses with students Renny Hoang (forefront, in white shirt) and Mike Rodríguez were recognized at the October 19 Board Meeting for being named National Recognition Program Scholars by the College Board. Renny was also honored as a National Merit Semi-Finalist.

Renny Hoang, a student at Davis High School, has been named a National Merit Finalist for 2022.

This is the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Students across the country will compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $30 million, offered this spring.

Renny is among approximately 15,000 finalists advanced out of a nationwide pool of 16,000 semifinalists chosen in September and represented the highest-scoring entrants in each state on the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. To become a finalist, semifinalists had to submit a scholarship application, have an outstanding academic record, be recommended by a school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores confirming their qualifying test performance.

Davis High School is a traditional high school named after General Benjamin O. Davis Sr., the United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. He was the first African-American brigadier general in the USAF. In 1998, he was advanced to four-star general by President Bill Clinton.

The school offers an Introduction to Aviation and Aerospace course to Grades 9-12. The Aeronautics and Aviation elective is currently held at Davis Senior High School for students interested in aviation.