Newest National Merit Scholar

Darrell Dunckel, High School Principal of Open Door Christian Schools (ODCS), announced today that senior, Kristen Csuti, has been named a Commended Student in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program.  A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to Csuti.

Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2011 competition by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

“Recognition of academically talented students and the key role played by schools in their development is essential to the pursuit of educational excellence in our nation,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “The young people named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding academic potential by their strong performance in the highly competitive program. We hope that this recognition will enhance their educational opportunities and that they will continue to diligently pursue their professional goals.”

She joins 12 other ODCS students who have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation over the school’s history.  They include: Finalist Elaine (Wyder) Harshman (1985), Finalist Tom Koglman (1989), Semifinalist Alan Hohn (1993), Finalist Toni Wall (1995), Finalist Elizabeth George (1998), Finalist Cory Labanow (1999), Finalist Hannah Lewis (2008), and Semifinalist Galen Buttitta (2008) and Commended students Daniel Pierre (1999), Halli Brownfield (2001), Erin Policz (2002) and Michael Dirne (2009).