The Richardson Independent School District is proud to announce that 18 of its students have been named as prestigious National Merit Semifinalists. Of these 18 students, four of them hail from Lake Highlands High School.

The four Lake Highlands High School students are:

• Nathan Bucki
• Kenton Cozart
• Dallas Crotty
• Austin Curnutt

To become a National Merit Semifinalist, students much be among the highest-scoring test takers in the United States on the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) that they took as juniors in 2011. The nationwide pool of semifinalists represent less than one percent of all U.S. high school seniors.