Arlene Gottesman, principal of Darien High School, announced today that five students are semi-finalists for the National Merit Scholarship. Caroline Congdon, Jonathan Gill, Katherine McKay, Reed Morgan, and Andrew Xiong will continue in the National Merit program and will be candidates to receive a scholarship for college. Approximately 16,000 students nationwide have been recognized as National Merit Semi-Finalists.
The following students have been named Commended Students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program: Alexandra Aparicio, William Ardery, Caroline Ashcraft, James Baker, Henry Baldwin, Joseph Berkowitz, Christopher Brophy, Sarah Colon, Andrew Farley, Kaitlin Farren, Caroline Golino, Emily Greene, Christopher Hecq, Kelly Kosnik, Joseph Kunetz, Isabel Lee, Gregory Lesko, Stephen Mageras, Kylie Maier, Kelly Manhart, Andrew Martzolf, Alison McGarey, Liam Naughton, Elizabeth Nelson, Christopher Pierce, Jeffrey Sload, Claire Treesh, Claire Walker, Jacqueline Winsch, Alec Wolyniec, Cameron Wong. A Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by Ms. Gottesman to these scholastically talented seniors.
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2013 competition for Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
“We are very proud of these students and their accomplishment,”said Superintendent Stephen Falcone at a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
