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Academic Awards

National Merit Scholarship and AP Scholars Recognition Program

Semi-Finalists

Over 1.5 million students took the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) last October and entered the National Merit Program, a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Some 16,000 of those high performers were recently designated Semi-finalists. Only Semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the Merit Scholarship competition and advance to Finalist standing by meeting a number of additional requirements. Florence High School is proud to announce our 2009 National Merit Semi-finalists:

The National Merit Scholarship Program has now determined that these three students are Finalists in the 2010 Competition for National Merit Scholarships.

Florence High School would also like to recognize 2011 Commended Students for their exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the PSAT. Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT. They are:

Accreditation

All public schools in Florence are fully accredited by SACS CASI (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement), one of the first 150 school systems in America to be comprehensively accredited as a district.

Equal Education/Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the official policy of the Florence City School District that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, disability, sex, religion, creed, national origin or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity or employment.