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Blue Springs School District

Education with Distinction

November 10, 2026

On Their Merit

students posing with certificates

BSSD is proud to announce four recipients of National Merit recognition.

Blue Springs South High School senior Wesley Morris has been named a 2026 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, and Kylee Harris of Blue Springs High School and Austin Zhang and Charlotte Wills of Blue Springs South High School have been named National Merit Commended Students.

National Merit Semifinalists are high school seniors representing the top 1% of entrants in each state, qualified based on their exceptional scores on the 2025 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The semifinalists are now competing for roughly 6,700 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $24 million, which will be awarded in the spring.

National Merit Commended Students are high school seniors representing the top 3% of test takers on the PSAT/NMSQT nationwide.

Congratulations to these four outstanding students.