Watershed student Thomas O'Connor
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has notified Thomas O’Connor, a junior at Watershed School in Rockland, that he has reached the next level of the competition. O’Connor is the fourth Watershed student in the history of the small independent high school, which has been in operation since 2003, to achieve this distinction.
The National Merit awards are offered to high school students who have earned the highest scores in the country on the Preliminary SAT. High school sophomores and juniors take the exam in the fall each year. The following spring, juniors are identified as high scorers if they are at or above the 97th percentile in the nation. The next level of the competition will be announced in September when O’Connor and other Maine students will be named either commended scholars or semifinalists. Only semifinalists will continue on to compete for the award money.
Congratulations Thomas!!!!!!