Bensalem HS Senior Named Finalist In Scholarship Program

BENSALEM, PA — A Bensalem High School senior has been named as a Finalist in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Kathleen Ho will join more than 15,000 academically talented high school seniors who now compete for 7,500 National Merit Scholarship® awards.

Throughout high school, Kathleen has been a principal’s honor roll student. She has also been a member of the school's tennis team, the Mathletes, the National Honor Society, the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science, the Blue Gray Art group, and Club Ophelia.

Ho plans on dual majoring in mechanical engineering and mathematics after she graduates.

"The Bensalem Township School District is proud to recognize Kathleen Ho as a National Merit Finalist," the school district said in a press release.

The Board of School Directors will publically recognize her at their School Board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22.