Jenna Woodard and Kate Woodard, Texas High School Seniors, Named Semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program
An estimated 16,000 students from a pool of 1.5 million entrants were chosen for this honor based upon high school academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, honors and awards received, and highest scoring in the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Both will now move forward to the finalist selection to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships.
Both Jenna and Kate are four-year All-Region members of the Texas High School Marching Band and Drumline. They are also members of TigerVision. In 2019, they were selected to participate in the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) Project sponsored by NASA. This year, both were chosen to be part of the 2020 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program.
Jenna and Kate are members of National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and Calculus Club.
They are the daughters of Joanna Pridgen and Rusty Woodard.
