Spartan Magazine
Seniors Recognized for Outstanding Academic Achievements A record number of St. Stephen’s seniors have been recognized for outstanding academic achievements this year. Within the Class of 2016, 26 students were honored by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. for their strong performance on the Pre-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Seven seniors were named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists and 19 were honored as Commended students. St. Stephen’s National Merit Scholar Semifinalists have an opportunity to compete for scholarships worth approximately $33 million. Commended students placed among the top 5 percent of the more than 1.5 million students who took the 2014 PSAT. In addition, two members of the graduating class were named National Hispanic Recognition Program award winners. These students were ranked among the highest-scoring Hispanic/Latino students nationwide from among more than 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who took the PSAT. “Our school community is extremely proud of our of National Merit and Hispanic Recognition Program honorees,” said Head of School Bob Kirkpatrick. “Their accomplishments are both impressive and varied. In addition to their significant academic achievements, they are great athletes, artists, musicians, student government leaders and mentors to others.”
PHOTOS TOP: Natonal Merit Semifinalists (left to right) top row: Missy Mouritsen, Shilpa Saxena and Caroline Aung; bottom row: Rae Srivastava, Adam Moss, Ryan Przybocki and Derek Hsu; MIDDLE: National Hispanic Recognition Program winners Paige Lawrence and Makaa Copeland; BOTTOM: National Merit Commended (left to right): top row: Katie Leiferman, Lia Mouton-Johnston, Elizabeth Sturley, Allison McHorse, Ali Michel, Shivani Arimilli, Ginny Brooks, Sarah Silberman and Natalie Ray; bottom row: Pablo Thiel, Annabella Archacki, Helen Harman, Hannah Heydinger, Shendo Maccow, Nick Goldreyer, Alexander Mohn, Luka Green and Ryan Hanks; not pictured: Tamara Shamir
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