Staples High School Principal Stafford Thomas, Jr. announced today that 26 Staples seniors have been named as Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The commended students pose for a picture. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
A certificate from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation was presented by the principal to the students who represent almost every academic area of interest and involvement in student activities offered at Staples High School.
In addition to being excellent students, this group includes musicians, athletes, journalists, artists, actors, volunteers and activists, an announcement said.
The students are: Jax J. Adler, Isabella R. Berg, Evan A. Birns, Aidan J. Bruno, Spencer G. Carey, Calvin J. Carson, Sahiba K. Dhindsa, Noah R. Dinitz, Brianna C. Dwyer, Tyler R. Edwards, Arianna A. Gerig, Benjamin J. Gross, Jason E. Hyman, Grace Kennedy, Cassandra S. Lang, Anella G. Lefebvre, Edan S. Leshem, Augustin Liu, Zoe K. Macris, Jake P. McGillion-Moore,Annabel Nash, Maximus A. Page, Gabriel G. Sargent, Olivia Valante, Samuel J. Wang and Jessica D.Xu.
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise, the announcement said.
Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2020 competition by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test .
