FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Angela Shelley, 972-968-6186 office, 214-729-7328 cell,

shelleya@cfbisd.edu
September 15, 2010

C-FB ISD National Merit Semifinalists Announced

(Carrollton, TX) Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD is proud to announce the six
semifinalists in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship program.

Creekview Newman Smith R. L. Turner

Elizabeth Campbell Megan Kling Arafel Bruce
Adam Ergas Ann Lee
Alaura Sylvis

Dr. Bobby Burns, Superintendent of Schools, said, "I am proud of these students
and their accomplishments. They have achieved this honor through hard work
and excellence in the classroom.”

The students are among 16,000 high school seniors who will continue in the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation's competition for 8,400 merit scholarship
awards worth $36 million that will be offered in the spring, according to the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation press release.

Students are selected based on performance on the Preliminary SAT/National

Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. National Merit Scholarship Corporation reports
that the pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of the top high
school seniors in the nation.

Approximately 15,000 semifinalists become finalists. From the group of finalists,

Merit Scholarship winners are determined according to the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation. “Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of
their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college
studies,” according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation press release.

More information about the National Merit Scholarship Program is available on

the National Merit Scholarship Corporation website.

The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (C-FB ISD) provides quality,
learning-focused facilities offering creative, relevant, rigorous and unlimited choices for students.
The school district impacts all aspects of corporate and family life in the six communities we
serve. With respect and honor for the diversity of our families, our students and staff live the
character values of cooperation, integrity, pride, respect, responsibility, service and citizenship.
We have one purpose: learning.
We are C-FB ISD: an innovative leader in learning.
For more information about C-FB ISD, visit www.cfbisd.edu.

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