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IMHS senior named commended student

Mel Laydon, scholarship administrator at Iron Mountain High School, with National Merit Commended student Mia Rae Fairchild.

IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain senior Mia Rae Fairchild has been named a commended student in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program, Mark Herman, principal at Iron Mountain announced.

A letter of commendation from the school and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, was presented to her.

About 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2019 competition for National Merit scholarship awards, commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2019 competition by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

“The young men and women being named commended students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.”

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