Palm Beach County Students Recognized as Semifinalists in 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program
This week, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of 59 School District of Palm Beach County students as semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
These academically talented high school seniors are part of approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. The students now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 7,000 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring.
The students will have to fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition and be considered for a Merit Scholarship award. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in college.
Semifinalists must have outstanding academic records throughout high school, receive the endorsement and recommendation of a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with their own funds and by approximately 400 business organizations and higher education institutions. The supporting organizations and institutions share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.
ALEXANDER W. DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
• Adam Johnson
• Isabella Kjaerulff
• Jean-Luc Rabideau
• Kristina Robinette
• Connor Watson
• Angela Yan
• Jessica Zhang
• Sally Zhang
ATLANTIC COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• James DeLoye
• Megan O'Connor
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Rachel Janke
• Jason Katz
• Levy, Sydney H.
• Rebecca Lopatukhin
• Angel Millard-Bruzos
• Matthew Prescott
• Matthias Rathbun
JUPITER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Max Bello
• Brielle Cohen
• Spencer Jones
• Adele Kimball
OLYMPIC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Alexa Domash
• Alyson Garcia
• Alison Granirer
• Francois Khouri
PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
• Tara Kari
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Maya Fives
• Stephen Polner
SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Nandhu Jani
• Amit Sapir
• Hayden Siesel
• Nicholas Taormina
• Yeu Zheng
SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Nima Aria
• Aidan Funicelli
• Tristan Funicelli
• Jonathan Hung
• Subhash Kantamneni
• Nicholas Kapsos
• Alicia Kaufmann
• Brandon Lee
• Anthony Li
• Shane Lunsford
• Indu Malut
• Jack Nathan
• Santino Ramos
• Caroline Rozzo
• Alexander Ruehrmund
• Michael Sauer
• Matthew Schrank
• Nicholas Sharpe
WEST BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
• Joseph Gottfried
• Morgan Himes
• Daniel Labkovski
• Alexander Lewis
WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOL
• Emma Cavendish
• Heshman Nair
• Samuel Rosenkranz
• Skylar Stewart