Columbia Independent School student recognized as National Merit semifinalist

A senior at Columbia Independent School has joined a growing list of students who receive recognition as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists or finalists.

Blake Bukowsky was recognized as a semifinalist during an assembly the week of Sept. 9 at the school. This acknowledgement brings the school's number of National Merit semifinalists to 17. The school also has 11 scholarship finalists in its history.

National Merit is a scholarship competition and entry is based on results of the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Approximately 16,000 high school students across the country were named semifinalists, and 6,870 are offered National Merit Scholarships.

Bukowsky started as a student at CIS in 2011.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Columbia Independent School student recognized as National Merit semifinalist