A Westport senior at New Haven’s Hopkins School today was named a National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winner.
Helena Cecilie Lyng-Olsen, 17, was chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program, an announcement said.
National Merit $,2500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, it said.
Helena, who will attend Yale University in the fall, has been a student at Hopkins since the seventh grade and will graduate next month. She enrolled in Hopkins from Bedford Middle School.
She is the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, The Razor, a member of the math team, Science Olympiad, Model United Nations, and tri-captain of varsity squash.
She is also a tutor with Pathfinder.
