District 230 Schools Announce National Merit And Commended Students

Nineteen students were named 2024 National Merit Semifinalists and Commended students. About 16,000 semifinalists and 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise, according to information provided by NMSP.

Semifinalists represent less than 1% of US high school seniors. They will continue in the 2024 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards and will compete nationally for nearly $28 million in scholarships that will be awarded next spring.
While Commended Students do not continue in the competition, they placed among the top five percent of 1.5 million students who entered the 2024 Merit Program by taking the 2023 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.

National Merit Commended
Carson Banker - Sandburg
Josephine Bundy - Sandburg
Hatice Caliskan - Sandburg
Martynas Didiulis - Sandburg
Alexis Fornero - Andrew
Brendan Haran - Sandburg
Jacob Harrison - Andrew
Sean Kammerzell - Andrew
Ben K. Kavaliauskas-Stagg
Joshua Livsey - Andrew
Sophia Loftus - Andrew
Natalie Midura-Stagg
Taran Polavarapu - Sandburg
Jessica Ramirez - Sandburg
Rachel Young - Andrew
Simon Zuckert - Sandburg

National Merit Semifinalists
Geirard Fernandez - Andrew
Liam Johnson - Andrew
Ian Orbeck - Sandburg