Staples High School Principal James D’Amico announced today that 30 Staples seniors have been named as Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.
A certificate from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation was presented to the students who represent almost every academic area of interest and involvement in student activities offered at Staples High School.
The group includes musicians, athletes, journalists, artists, actors, volunteers and activists, an announcement said.
The students are: Nicholas Ambrose, Noelle Amlicke, Reid Baris, Victoria Cao, Rachel Caulfield, Tess Davis, Theodore Davis, Zachary DeBrino, Nicholas Cheng, Jack Dorsey, Thomas Fabian, Ryan Felner, Mary Fording, Conor Hanley, Max Herman, Meredith Hertan, Cooper Knapp, Daniel Kornbluth, Daniel Leaf, Garcia Lopez-Paul, Antonius Mathissen, Sophie McCabe, Kate Miller, Aniruddha Murali, Nishika Navrange, Hillary O’Neill, Jamie Orseck, Owen Spangler, Madeleine Steele and Daniel Westphal.
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise.
Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2019 competition by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT.
