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Susannah Mitchell
After several East students were named National Merit Semifinalists, eleven East seniors received National Merit Letters of Commendation. National Merit Commended Scholars rank in the top 50,000 high scorers of students who took the PSAT.
Recognized students:
Maggie Rose Bridges
Derek Burrows
Austin Dalgleish
Lizzy Hall
Clara Martin
Michael Moedritzer
Will Moore
Emily Perkins-Rock
Julia Poe
Henry Walter
Nellie Whittaker
![Forest elephant vs honey bee. Most people would say that the elephant has the easy victory in this situation but Junior Mallory Wilkerson decided to take the risk and side with the bee for one of the first rounds in the biology class March Mammals Madness competition.
The honey bee created an upset by not only beating the elephant in the first round but also defeating the Flame Bowerbird in the second round of the animal tournament. Wilkerson ended up winning the tournament in her IB Biology class with 82 points out of the possible perfect bracket 128.
“I did get into it and I looked up every single animal, and the how the weird battlefields worked or whatever the habitat was,” Wilkerson said. “Most of it was just applying some logic but [the March Mammal Madness tournament] was a fun and easy way to get some extra credit.”
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