Five members of the Class of 2010 have qualified as Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, an academic competition for recognition and scholarships. The five semifinalists are: Michael Coffer, Lien Le, Hali Nguyen, Damon Paulo and Nicholas Shields.
To advance as a finalist in the competition, students must be endorsed and recommended by the principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm their earlier qualifying test performance. They also must submit a detailed scholarship application which includes the student's self-descriptive essay and information about their participation and leadership in school and community activities.
In addition to the five Semifinalists, nine members were named Commended students in the program. Those students are: John Cocjin, Aaron Knodell, Caitlin Laneri, Violeta Lopez, Jessica McKone, Audra Meade, Matthew Sandusky, Madison Simmons and Jessica Sladek.
Although Commended students will not continue in the 2010 competition for National Merit Scholarships, these students placed among the top 5% of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2010 competition by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
2010 National Merit Program Semifinalists and Commended students (seated left to right): Madison Simmons, Caitlin Laneri, Violeta Lopez, Jessica McKone, Lien Le, Hali Nguyen and Jessica Sladek; (standing left to right): Matthew Sandusky, Damon Paulo, Michael Coffer, Audra Meade, Nicholas Shields, Aaron Knodell, and John Cocjin.
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