On Sept 22nd, 17 seniors and their parents were invited to the National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists Breakfast in the media center. The Lambert culinary team provided a delicious breakfast while a student from the Lambert broadcasting team filmed the entire occasion. After the parents and students ate, Counselor Patricia Woods and Principal Dr. Davidson praised the Semi-Finalists for their hard work and emphasized the significance of the title. The counselors then gave t-shirts to the students under their care before one of the students, Elynna Chang, spoke on behalf of her fellow Semi-Finalists, thanking their parents, counselors, administrators, and each other for pushing them to their fullest ability. Prior to wrapping up, the entire group gave an interview for the Lambert Telegraph.

The counselors called up the 17 students to Office 1073 on Sept 6th where they were revealed to be National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists. This year’s group was the largest Lambert had ever seen. Last year, there were 9 and the year before that, there had only been 5. In the office, Principal Dr. Davidson and the other administrators congratulated the students and informed them about the next step to become Finalists.
To be a Semi-Finalist, students must take the PSAT in the fall of their junior year and their index score must match or be over the state’s cutoff score which depends on the state (Georgia’s was 219). Those who didn’t make the cut off score but was close to it are given a Letter of Commendation.