The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) today announced that 10 Westport students are among approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
These students — eight at Staples High School and two at the Pierrepont School — have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring, an announcement said.
The Staples winners include: Justin M. Berg; Cordelia Chen; Nora B. Dockter; Samuel A. Laskin; Alexander J. Massoud; Harrison E. Sholler; Benjamin A. Spector, and Nathan E. Wang.
The Pierrepont winners are Riley S. Boksenbaum and Paz Meyers.
