Beverly Student Named National Merit Scholar At Bishop Fenwick

PEABODY, MA — A Bishop Fenwick senior from Beverly has been honored as a National Merit Commended Scholar for scoring among the top 3 percent of those in the country who took the PSAT/NMSQT exam.

Madisen Baker is a captain of the Fenwick cheer team, attended Saints Academy in Beverly, and intends to pursue a career in medicine.

More than 1.3 million students in about 20,000 high schools enter the National Merit Scholarship Program each year.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)