[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING GREENWOOD LABORATORY SCHOOL STUDENTS' NATIONAL MERIT 
                        SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITIONS

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                            HON. BILLY LONG

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 28, 2015

  Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
four outstanding students from Springfield, Missouri's, Greenwood 
Laboratory School. Luke Ellickson received a National Merit Scholarship 
Commendation and Madelyn Stroder, Adam Brock and Matthew Woodward are 
National Merit Finalists.
  Upwards of 1.5 million students compete for the prestigious National 
Merit Scholarship. Of those, 50,000 are identified as high achievers 
and receive a ``commendation.'' 15,000 will be named as National Merit 
semi-finalists. Only 7,600 are chosen as National Merit Finalist. These 
students fall in approximately the top 3 percent of all high school 
students in the nation.
  These four students represent 10 percent of the graduating class at 
Greenwood Laboratory School. This is a testament to the quality of 
education they have received, as well as a testament to their own 
personal work ethic and academic abilities.
  These students' exceptional devotion to their academic careers should 
be an inspiration to us all. The Springfield community is justifiably 
proud of Mr. Ellickson, Miss Stroder, Mr. Brock and Mr. Woodward for 
all their accomplishments. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating them in this impressive achievement.

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