Wuerger is a National Merit Scholar finalist

Posted on: Feb 15, 2019

After emerging as semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program last fall, DHS senior Gretchen Wuerger had already distinguished herself far beyond most of her peers around the United States.

On Thursday, Feb. 14, she learned that she was a finalist.

“It’s a very big deal,” said DHS Principal Steve Heil. “It’s nice to have one of our students accomplish this. We have one or two almost every year, but a lot of schools will go many years before they have one. I’m proud of her. She’s done a lot of hard work and it’s paying off now.”

“It feels good. It’s really exciting,” said Wuerger.

Scholarship winners will be announced in the spring. For more about Wuerger’s National Merit accomplishments, see bit.ly/NMerit18.

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