Staples High School Principal John Dodig announced today that 31 Staples seniors have been named as Commended Students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.
A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation will be presented to the students who participate and excel in nearly every activity Staples High School offers, Dodig said.
The students are: Megumi Asada, Jacob Baron, Olivia Bicks, Spencer Carr, Lucas Carstens, Alexandra Ciotoli, Anne Cooperstone, Kevin Coughlin, John Dobrich, Jared Eisenberg, Jessica Ellison, Christian Fincher, Reed Geisler, Katherine Hickson, Danielle Honigstein, Garrett Jordan, Claudia Kann, Jeffrey Krieger, Eric Lombardo, Michaela MacDonald, Alec Maki, Jacob Meisel, Alexandra O’Kane, Audrey Reedy, Molly Rubidge, Bryan Schiavone, Mark Schwabacher, Madeline Seidman, Jeremy Sherman, Anita Vohra and Steven Weinstein.
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise, Dodig said. He said they placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 Preliminary SAT.
