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District 99 Students Commended By National Merit

A total of 21 District 99 students received the prestigious commendation for their scores on the Preliminary SAT.

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — A total of 21 District 99 students have been recognized as commended students by the National Merit Scholarship Program. The program honors students who have excelled academically and show exceptional promise for college studies.

District 99's Commended National Merit Students are:

  • Simone Baillargeon, North High
  • Edith Barlin, North High
  • Samuel Bull, North High
  • Elijah Chen, North High
  • Mary Davenport, South High
  • Joshua Delorto, North High
  • Madeline Esposito, North High
  • Ebi Hadi, North High
  • Matthew Jablonski, South High
  • Yasmine Khan, South High
  • Diana Kwak, South High
  • Elliott Lewis, South High
  • Finnea Loftus, North High
  • Lucas Marra, North High
  • Eliot Michaels, North High
  • Chase Moy, South High
  • Lucas Nielsen, North High
  • Noah Pardue, North High
  • Derek Reynolds, South High
  • William Riemer, North High
  • Domani Sharkey, South High

Students earned commendation by placing in the top 50,000 scorers on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Top-scoring students were chosen from a pool of more than 1.5 million students who took the test.

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