@Cshecmia - we are in North Florida. I do not have certificates - only verification that the school has them and will tell the kids tomorrow. Seriously - these certificates came by owl post.
Hopefully you are in North Central Florida…the validation of a NMF to qualify for a FIS scholarship is killing me. DS has a new GC who won’t even fix an error on his transcript and refers him to the county registrar but won’t tell him who that is. Old GC just took care of things. I’m about one more day from a personal visit to the new GC.
@GoAskDad, are you referring to the Lemonaids (with icing) or the Savannah smiles (powdered sugar)?
@DiffMom - both, actually. Here, take your pick. I have more, believe me…
No official word from school yet. Large school district in North Texas…
Still waiting to hear in NH.
Haven’t heard in NJ.
No word in MN, but DD keeps getting mail from schools declaring in bright red letters on the envelop that they have special scholarships for NMFs, as if they know something we don’t 
Another one came today. Hmmm …
@GoAskDad, we don’t know here in Texas either. Hearing crickets from the principal. But I’m am feeling confident. I think we would have a letter by now if he hadn’t made it, plus he has no grade issues. Sure will feel better when we have that certificate in-hand.
@GoAskDad and @PAMom21 you are not alone! Still waiting on owl post here in Memphis. Our GS cookies don’t arrive until the 21st so I just have virtual cookies to keep me going. Surely our notice will be here BEFORE my GS cookies right?!?!?
I can’t tell you what happened to my son’s pigeon, but several hours have passed since he dropped off DS’s finalist notification and he’s still huddled in the corner, lifting a cigarette to his lips with trembling fingers. That, my friends, was a harrowing 9 days.
@Barfly - we are still waiting for my daughter’s confirmation for the finalist as well… (N. Texas). I am glad another texas person is still waiting.
How can some FL schools not know? Our school received the letter Monday but did t open it until Tuesday. I think the information isn’t released to the media until the 16th. Maybe some of the schools are thinking they can’t tell their students until that date.
@Community2605, I’m not sure exactly WHAT is huddled in the corner, but if it has lips and fingers, it is NOT a pigeon! Call an exterminator.
I think the carrier pigeons got held up in Boston. Still waiting in Texas!
@texasmommy90, the pigeons haven’t made it to Boston yet!
A friend of mine who is in public school - New Mexico- got her letter today. She went to her principal’s office and asked about it.
D2’s high school treats it pretty casually. They just sent an email to the kids as school was ending on Tuesday, saying “Congrats on being National Merit Finalists. You can pick up your certificates in the office.” But they did recognize the semi-finalists last fall. (We’re in Northern Virginia)
Still waiting up here in the pacific northwest. I’ll ask my principal tomorrow if I still haven’t heard. All this waiting is killing me…
Emailed school yesterday. Hers what GC sent back.
Thank you for your inquiry. I just called National Merit. National Merit mailed out information to schools on February 2nd about Finalists.
The National Merit Scholarship coordinator told me to give it at least two weeks (after Feb 2nd).
Student’s letters were mailed on Feb. 9th.