Seniors Recognized in National Merit Competition
Eleven members of the class of 2015 were named National Merit semifinalists, and thirteen were commended.
Including the students named National Achievement semifinalists and commended and the National Hispanic Recognition Program (to be announced in next week's newsletter), 31% of the senior class was recognized.
National Merit semifinalists are Hannah Aaron, Jessie Baskauf, Isabella Christianson-Galina, Douglas Corzine, Connor Crenshaw, Lena Friedman, Nora Lee, Kelly McHugh, Eric Rosenthal, Alexandria Yu, and Neil Zheng. Commended students are Elise Blackburn, Maurice Chiang, Esteban Chittester, Rebecca Clark, Chandler Floyd, Nick Gregory, Jessica Hanks, Maggie Kidd, Anya Li, Jordy Moore, Alden Neely, Nishant Upender, and Anwen Wilkerson.
Nationally 16,000 students have been named semifinalists, with 1.4 million entering the competition. Semifinalists represent less than one percent of seniors in the US.
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National Merit semifinalists are Hannah Aaron, Jessie Baskauf, Isabella Christianson-Galina, Douglas Corzine, Connor Crenshaw, Lena Friedman, Nora Lee, Kelly McHugh, Eric Rosenthal, Alexandria Yu, and Neil Zheng. Commended students are Elise Blackburn, Maurice Chiang, Esteban Chittester, Rebecca Clark, Chandler Floyd, Nick Gregory, Jessica Hanks, Maggie Kidd, Anya Li, Jordy Moore, Alden Neely, Nishant Upender, and Anwen Wilkerson.
Nationally 16,000 students have been named semifinalists, with 1.4 million entering the competition. Semifinalists represent less than one percent of seniors in the US.
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