HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson USD 308 announced Tuesday that Hutchinson High School senior William Jackson is a finalist in the National Merit® Scholarship competition. Jackson, son of Dr. Kory and Amanda Jackson, brings the number of district students to receive the honor to 59 since 1981. Both of his parents are HHS alumni.
In addition to being named a National Merit® finalist, Jackson also scored a perfect 36 on his ACT test. Only 1,598 of 1.92 million students for the class of 2021 who took the test earned the perfect score.
To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance.
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