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Sioux Falls School District honors 19 National Merit finalists; Jefferson student named Presidential Scholars semifinalist

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Board recognized 19 National Merit Scholarship finalists — the district's highest number in two decades — and named Jefferson High senior Landon Gross a U.S. Presidential Scholars semifinalist.

The Sioux Falls School District 49-5 Board of Education on May 1 recognized 19 students named National Merit Scholarship finalists and announced that a Jefferson High School student, Landon Gross, was named a semifinalist for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Board member Steann (full name not specified in the transcript), presenting the board’s good-news report, said 19 finalists is the highest total the district has had “in the last two decades.” The board displayed student work and invited the finalists to…

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