10 The Roslyn Times, Friday, September 20, 2019
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Six Roslyn students make Merit semis Vie nationally for share of $31 million in college scholarships awarded annually BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Fifty-nine students from the North Shore have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. They were among roughly 16,000 chosen nationwide based on scores on the preliminary SAT, according to the program’s website. In the Great Neck school district, 16 students were selected as semifinalists. Those from Great Neck South High School were Yian Dong, Julia D. Duval, Ali I. Fazal, Austin Z. George, Elizabeth Grosul, Talia Katz, Christina Liu, Timothy C. Liu, Gabriel D. Magdison, Shourav B. Saha, Joelle Siong Sin and Keena Yin. Isabella Dayani is the lone representative from the Village School, while Raymond J. Lin, Arielle Mueller and Daniel Q. Zeng were chosen from Great Neck North High School. “We are very proud to have sixteen seniors recognized as Semifinalists through the National Merit Scholarship Program,” said Great Neck School Superintendent Teresa Prendergast. “It’s a wonderful honor for our students and their families. On behalf of the Great Neck Board of Education and all district staff, I’d like to congratulate our Semifinalists and wish them continued success as they move on to the next round of this
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Great Neck headlined all local school districts with 16 scholarship semifinalists. prestigious program.” From Manhasset High School, Amanda Cao, Catherine M. Furlong, Sydney R. Ginsburg, Matthew Kiley, Jiacheng Li, Justin C. Liu, Sofia A. Matos, Dohyeon Park, Oliver L. Reinhardt, Ella R. Wesson, Elizabeth E. Wu and Serena Zhao were the 12 semifinalists. The Herricks school district had nine semifinalists. They were Nicole Y. Chen, Jenna Chin, Gloria H. Kang, Rohan Khan-
deria, Christopher Lum, Daniel Min, Michael A. Paciullo, Shreya S. Patel and Rahul Singhal. Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington had seven semifinalists. They were Harrison S. Fried, Tiffany Guo, Maddison Chiara, Jeannie D. Ren, Maansi Shroff, Noah Sollinger and Kyle Wong. Roslyn High School seniors Zoe P. Farber, Joshua A. Flashner, Daniel I. Fly-
er, Daleep S. Grewal, Catherine Tom and Kyle Yoon made up the Roslyn district’s six semifinalists. The East Williston school district had five semifinalists: Karen H. Li, Madison A. Ramos, Trenton J. Wong, Alia I. Yamin and Sharon Zhong from the Wheatley School. Chaminade High School had three semifinalists: Connor J. Brandvold, Luke G. Russo and Peter Townley. Megha Gopal was the sole semifinalist from New Hyde Park Memorial High School. According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, “To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.” From the approximate 16,000 semifinalists, 15,000 will be selected as finalists, with 7,600 being declared winners, splitting over $31 million in collegiate scholarships, according to the program’s website. The finalists will be announced in February, with the winners being declared starting in April and going through July.
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Herricks Superintendent Fino Celano, left, and school board President Juleigh Chin said that they could not comment on the teacher contract settlement until it is ratified by both parties.
District, teachers settle in Herricks BY TOM M CC A RT HY The Herricks school district and the Herricks Teachers’ Association have reached a tentative settlement for a new teacher contract, school board President Juleigh Chin said last Thursday. “I am pleased to report that the district and the Herricks Teachers’ Associa-
tion achieved a tentative settlement late last night of the terms for a successor labor agreement to the one that expired last June 2018,” Chin said. The contract is tentative because the agreement has to be voted on by the teachers union and ratified, Chin said. She said she could not comment further. Continued on Page 75