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September 23, 2022
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Students earn National Merit, College Board accolades

Congratulations to our students named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition: Glenbard East student  Anthony Nichols; Glenbard North students Hamza Ghaffari and Nijal Patel; Glenbard South students Jack Bair, Griffin Burke, and Henry Lazzaro; and Glenbard West students Sean Kern, Jacob Lachs, Ethan Parab and Truman Popp. Semifinalists must advance to finalist standing in the competition by meeting high academic standards, receiving a recommendation from their principal and earning SAT scores that confirm the earlier qualifying test performance.

Congratulations to our students who have been named commended students in the National Merit Scholarship program:  Glenbard East students Aiden Grant, Tyler Johnwick, Benjamin Judd, Margaret Meacham, John Polyak and Kiran Singh; Glenbard North students Risha Bhagata, Abigail Creighton, Fahad Imran, Isabella  Ribeiro, Rishabh Shah, Pujan Vyas and Gerard Alpas; Glenbard South students Samantha Lullo, Sean Miller, Reganne Nash, Andrew Park, David Savenok, Zainab Talha and Benjamin Vogt; and Glenbard West students Khatija Ahmed, Henry Blatchford, Madelyn Choi, Maclayne Crews, Francesca Di Domenico, Boris Jukic, Charles Lettenberger, Michael McNally, Hannah Moffatt, Adam Naegelen, Ayda Nouman, Aaron Reynoso and Zuhayr Saeed.

Commended students are among the top 5% of the 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Congratulations to the following students on earning academic recognition as part of the College Board National Recognition Programs:

National African American Recognition Award recipients: Glenbard North student Mekonnen Zufan; Glenbard South student Christian Carter and Glenbard West students Aniya Clark, Haydon Green and Kamil Voges.

National Hispanic Recognition Award recipients:  Glenbard East students Natalie Serrano, Julianna Partida, Teresa Carmona, Kristen Ortiz and Marcos Chavez; Glenbard North students Jerry Garcia, Valeria Ocampo, Erika Ramos, Alexis Araiza, Jovani Trejo, Celine Espino, Zachary Balas, Jose Ramos, Peter Giron and Noah Diaz Strong; Glenbard South students Antonio Tapia, Antonio Alexander Serrano, Hans Herrera, Lucia Labarre and Sebastian Izaguirre; and Glenbard West students Andrea Hall, Eliana Williamson, Fiona Culhane, Juan Barajas, Jose Gonzalez and Katherine Krynen.

National Indigenous Recognition Award recipients: Glenbard North student Sitarah Ali and Glenbard West student Eric Dare

Students earned qualifying scores on the Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or eligible Advanced Placement exams. These academic honors can be included in college and scholarship applications.