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Sue Kiesewetter reports:

Ten Mason area high school seniors are among 44 Tristate students and 2,500 nationally  who will receive college funded scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Scholarships range from $500 to $2,000 per year, renewable for up to four years. Exact amounts of the scholarships are not released by National Merit.

The awards come from 117 private and 80 public colleges and universities located in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

Wednesday’s announcement was the third of four releases naming recipients of corporate, college and National Merit scholarships that are being awarded to National Merit finalists in the 2012 competition. The last group of winners will be announced in July.

The recipients – who represent less than 1 percent of all seniors nationally – were among 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors.

The winners are listed by their high schools and include the school issuing the scholarship and the student’s probably career field.

Kings: Lauren Dennison, University of Georgia, oncology research; Sabrina Halligan, Miami University, translation

Mars Hill Academy: Esther Cunningham, Wheaton College, education; David Giese, Xavier University, math

Mason: Andrew Carlin, Clemson University, product design engineering; Jonathan Chen, Northeastern University, pharmacy; Emma Headley, Case Western Reserve University, biomedical engineering; Andrew Holderbaum, Ohio State University, biology; Daniel Lang, Washington University at St. Louis, medicine; Karen Zhang, University of Cincinnati, piano music

For a complete list of the Tristate’s 44 Merit scholars, go to www.cincinnati.com.

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Incoming Summit freshman class. Photo provided

Two Mason teens are among 10 Summit Country Day students honored for receiving alumni scholarships.

Jacob Beardslee is the recipient of the Johnny Warrington Memorial Scholarship.  The scholarship is in memory of the Summit Country Day senior who died shortly before his graduation in 2005.

Margaret “Maggie” Fisk is the second student to be awarded the AJ Cohen Memorial Scholarship, which honors a Summit alumni who died in a house fire in 2000.  The four-year scholarship is awarded every four years.

Maggie will throw out the first pitch at the AJ Cohen Memorial Baseball tournament set for April 19 at the school.  An avid volleyball player, Maggie is editor of the St. Margaret student newspaper, where she is in the eighth grade, and volunteers for a local nursing home.

The two Mason students are also among 50 Summit students to receive merit- or endowed scholarships.  Students were selected on the basis of high academic achievement, test scores, character references, teacher recommendations, community service work and an individual interview and essay.

“These students are committed scholars who have shown dedication to high academic standards, community service and leadership,” said Rich Wilson, head of school. “As they move into our Upper School, they already are among Cincinnati’s highest achieving teens.”

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Applications are being accepted for the Warren County Arts Council Scholarship program now through April 13.

Seven arts scholarships are available for college-bound high school seniors and Warren County residents:

• Warren County Arts Council Scholarship ($500 – $1000, at least two awarded)
• Larry E. Stone Arts Scholarship ($500)
• Moeller Music Center Music School Education Scholarship ($500)
• Hawkins Music Scholarship ($500)
• Hamilton Stands Music Scholarship ($500)
• Cynthia Maria Stegman Voice Scholarship ($500)
• LCNB Arts Scholarship ($500)

Download scholarship applications online at www.warrencountyarts.org or call the council at 513-932-0348.

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Applications are being accepted for the Warren County Arts Council Scholarship program now through April 13.

Seven arts scholarships are available for college-bound high school seniors and Warren County residents:

• Warren County Arts Council Scholarship ($500 – $1000, at least two awarded)
• Larry E. Stone Arts Scholarship ($500)
• Moeller Music Center Music School Education Scholarship ($500)
• Hawkins Music Scholarship ($500)
• Hamilton Stands Music Scholarship ($500)
• Cynthia Maria Stegman Voice Scholarship ($500)
• LCNB Arts Scholarship ($500)

Download scholarship applications online at www.warrencountyarts.org or call the council at 513-932-0348.

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The college application process can be a confusing maze for many parents of college-bound high school students.

Mason High School counselors Sally Clark and Phyllis Bell want to help parents make sense of the process with a special program to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8.

The program will review important topics such as the college application timeline, use of Naviance (a web-based service for parents and students) in the application process, how to get teacher recommendations, where to find scholarships and organizational tips for a smooth college application season.

The free program will be held in the Small Commons at the Mason High School at 6100 Mason-Montgomery Road.  For more information, call the high school at 513-398-5025.

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Twin sisters who recently graduated from Mason High School are receiving corporate scholarships through the 2011 National Merit Scholarship program.

Jenny and Lin Liao received the National Merit Sogeti USA Scholarship and are among 1,000 students nationally who are receiving corporate scholarships financed by 200 corporations, company foundations and other business organizations.

Scholarships range from $500 to $10,000 per year, with most renewable for up to four years. Exact amounts of the scholarships are not released by National Merit.

The Liaos are among the finalists – who represent less than one percent of all seniors nationally – were among 1.5 million who entered the 2011 competition by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors.

Lin plans a career in medicine and Jenny in computer science.

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Seventeen Mason High and Middle school students will compete at the Ohio Academy of Science State Science Day set for May 7 at The Ohio State University.

The statewide event draws more than 1,000 students each year competing for the chance to win more than $2 million in scholarships and awards.

The Mason students received superior ratings at the regional Science and Engineering Expo held in March at the University of Cincinnati, which qualified them to move on to the state level.

State-bound students are: Mason High School students Sanika Barve, Natasha Kesav, Aarti Kumar, Abby Lebowitz, and Peeyush Shrivastava; and Mason Middle School students Vaishnavi Brahmamdam, Patrick Butler, Kassidy Daniels, Sophia Drozdz, Ally Guiher, Ramya Gutta, Sandy Lee, Tori Nelson, Connor O’Shaughnessey, Mihir Parshionikar, Keerthi Reddy, and Rahul Sandella.

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Eleven Mason High School students have been named National Merit finalists.

Those students are: Charlotte Eads, Cassi Lawless, Jenny Liao, Lin Liao, Abraham Muhlbaum, Nikitaa Nath, Pushkaran Palani, Morgan Schneider, Benjamin Stecher, Tara Traxler, and Linda Yao.

The students were selected from a pool of 16,000 semi-finalists.  Semi-finalist status is determined based on scores in the top one percent of the PSAT.  Each student had to submit letters of recommendation, an essay, proof of a rigorous course load and a list of extra-curricular activities.

Mason’s finalists are now in the running to receive $2,500 National Merit scholarship awards, which are awarded on a state representational basis.  Corporate and college-sponsored scholarships are also awarded to finalists who meet certain requirements.

“We are very fortunate at Mason High School to have students who demonstrate academic excellence as well as leadership qualities within the classroom and in the community,” said Mason principal Mindy McCarty-Stewart.  ”We could not be more proud of their accomplishments.”

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