A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation which conducts the program, was presented to these scholastically talented seniors.
Although they will not continue in the 2014 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, commended students place among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition by taking the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.
McIver is a member of the Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School. She has been a member of the Fluco swim team for the past four years and also swims on the Fork Union Aquatic Club team. She is a member of the Beta Club and hopes to go into engineering upon graduation.
Shelton credited his testing success on “doing a lot of studying, but mainly mental preparation.” He believes that “anything can happen with the right amount of work.” In his spare time, Brandon enjoys swimming and making YouTube videos. — Fluvanna public schools press release
