Two Chesterton High
School seniors have been named National Merit winners by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation.
Abigail Burke has
received a $2,500 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship through the Tomkins
Corporation Foundation. The Tomkins Gates Foundation funds Merit Scholarship
awards to recognize outstanding students who are the children of employees
of the Gates Corporation and affiliated companies.
Burke plans to
attend Harvard University to study law. She is the daughter of Sean and
Linda Burke of Burns Harbor.
Alisha Dziarski has
received a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship. Dziarski plans to study
medical research at Yale University.
She is the daughter
of Roman and Dipika Dziarski of Chesterton.