Bay High's Dennis Risch is National Merit Commended Student

Dennis Risch is a National Merit Commended Student.

Bay High senior Dennis Risch has been named a 2019 National Merit Commended Student.

Risch scored within the top 4 percent of test takers on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, taken in his junior year. The achievement earns a Letter of Commendation in the National Merit Scholarship Program in recognition of his outstanding academic promise.

About 1.6 million students, from more than 22,000 high schools, take the PSAT exam during their junior year in high school. Commended Students may become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.

Risch plays percussion in the Bay High Symphonic Band and in the Bay High Marching Band. He is interested in studying computer science when he attends college next year.