6/18/2024 -- Four Parkway students were awarded college-sponsored National Merit scholarships.

College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners are a part of the distinguished group of about 6,870 high school seniors who will receive National Merit Scholarships for college undergraduate study worth over $26 million. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

The students receiving college-sponsored scholarships are.

Central High
William Lian
Probable career field: Engineering
Purdue University

North High
Phillip Pernik
Probable career field: Medicine
University of Oklahoma

South High
Allen Zheng
Probable career field: Computer Programming
The University of Texas at Dallas

West High
Santosh Sahoo
Probable career field: Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas

Additional National Merit Scholarship college-sponsored winners will be announced in July.