Westport's Staples High School Announces Graduates With High Honors

Information from Westport Public Schools:

WESTPORT, CT — Twenty exceptional students have been honored with the distinction of graduating with High Honors from the Staples High School Class of 2024. A student will be designated with "High Honors" if his/her academic grade point average falls in the top 4 percent of the graduating class.

According to Principal Stafford W. Thomas, Jr., “This class, is extremely talented and the most astonishing aspect of this accomplishment, is that these students were involved in a number of extracurricular activities and various aspects of school life which took a great deal of time, focus and concentration outside of the classroom as well. We were lucky to have had them for four years, and we will no doubt be hearing about their next great achievements in the years to come. Congratulations Class of 2024 High Honors students!”

The following students are the class of 2024 High Honors honorees: Connor Hoebun Ng, Ellen Lilan Ou, Kaitlyn Minjoo Seo, Kathryn Taylor Asiel, Defne Merih, Gabriela Lillian de Brito, Leigh Min Yu Foran , Emerson Candace Briggs, Neva Bennett Mermagen, Mabel Valentine Propper, Andrew Max Berkowitz, Peter John Loranger, Darren Tachi Weng, Gabriel Dali Weng, Dyan Nicholas Fiore, Courtlyn Brinleigh Crombie, Elizabeth Layton Turner, Jeremy David Rosenkranz, Eitan Eiger, Jameson Kai Russell.

Photo: Front row, left to right: Connor Hoebun Ng, Ellen Lilan Ou, Kaitlyn Minjoo Seo, Kathryn Taylor Asiel, Defne Merih, Gabriela Lillian de Brito, Leigh Min Yu Foran, Emerson Candace Briggs, Neva Bennett Mermagen, Mabel Valentine Propper.

Back row, left to right: Peter John Loranger, Darren Tachi Weng, Gabriel Dali Weng, Dyan Nicholas Fiore, Courtlyn Brinleigh Crombie, Elizabeth Layton Turner, Jeremy David Rosenkranz, Eitan Eiger, Jameson Kai Russell, Andrew Max Berkowitz.