18 Staples Students are Merit Scholar Semifinalists

Eighteen Staples seniors have earned semifinalist status in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship program. Nationwide, 16,000 semifinalists –- fewer than 1 percent of all high school seniors—will compete for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million. Pictured (back row, l-r) Robert DeLuca, Jordan Shenhar, Andrew Bowles, Felton Weller, Alec Wrubel, Matthew Levantin, Jason Hoving, Michael Menz, and Michael Holtz; (middle row) Judy Feng, Caitlyn Rand, Tiffany Yang, and Edmund Hardy; (front row) Leo McElroy,Douglas Russ, Blythe Lewis, and Clayton Andrews. Missing from photo is Marcus Russi. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo