ACHIEVEMENTS
National Merit Semifinalists Lauded n Congratulations to our 19 National Merit® Semifinalists and 29 Commended Students! More than 1.5 million entrants sat for the PSAT/NMSQT. Some 50,000 with the highest index scores receive program recognition, and roughly 16,000 (approximately one-third) are notified that they have qualified as Semifinalists. Semifinalists are designated on a state representational basis. They are the highest scoring entrants in each state. NMSC provides scholarship application materials to semifinalists through their high schools. To be considered for a National Merit® Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to finalist standing in the competition by meeting high academic standards and all other requirements explained in the materials provided to each qualifying student.
National Merit Scholars: (Left to Right): Alexander Waldman, Michael Kenton, Jacob Katz, Sara Ganz, Jacob Frantz, Sharla Grass, Ryan Pyle, Jacqueline Cox, Jeffrey Leibowitz, Faith Connor, Damish Shah, Roberto Vargas, Emmanuelle Genoyer, Rebecca Mendelsohn, and Jacqueline Fierroz; not pictured: Kristina Allen, Anthony d’Almeida, Eli Mlaver, and Robert Sami
National Achievement Scholars
National Hispanic Scholars Recognized
n Pine Crest is pleased to have five students designated as National Achievement Scholar Semifinalists. More than 160,000 black students nationally took the PSAT/NMSQT and requested consideration in the 2010 National Achievement Scholarship Program; about 1,600 were named Semifinalists on the basis of their index scores. Semifinalists are designated on a regional representation basis. Congratulations to the following Pine Crest students: Naimonu James, Andrew Logan, Chelsea Lunn, Omar McKenzie, and Pernell Myers.
n Thirteen students have been selected as National Hispanic Scholars this year. The National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) annually recognizes those students who identify themselves as Hispanic/Latino and who also possess GPAs of 3.5 or higher, as well as top scores on the PSAT/NMSQT. This year only 5,000 individuals were selected from a pool of more than 200,000 Hispanic/Latino students who took the exam nationwide. Congratulations to our 13 Pine Crest honorees!
National Achievement Scholars (Left to Right): Chelsea Lunn, Andrew Logan, and Omar McKenzie; not pictured: Naimonu James and Pernell Myers
National Hispanic Scholars: (Left to Right): Gianmarco Taverna, Alexander Waldman, Roberto Vargas, Tulio Ospina, Jacqueline Cox, Bryan Yamhure Sepúlveda, Marcus Comiter, Jonathan Beda, Nadia Cajale, and Jacqueline Fierroz; not pictured Samantha Taylor, Natalie Pancer and Matthew Corban
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Pine Crest Magazine Fall 2009