Plainfield Students Earn Commended Status by National Merit Program

Submitted by Plainfield School District 202

Eleven Plainfield District 202 high school seniors have been named “commended” students in the 2015-2016 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

Although they will not continue in the 2015-2016 competition for National Merit Scholarships, about 34,000 teenagers throughout the nation are being recognized as Commended Students this year after taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

These District 202 students were named 2015-2016 “Commended Students”:

PLAINFIELD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

· Christian Veale

PLAINFIELD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

· Vivek Bandapalle

· Kevin Ferguson

· Hunter Houslet

· Kendall Junger

· Rachael Lau

· Andi Mankolli

· Henry Ridder

· Jack Sebok

· Tyler Villa

PLAINFIELD EAST HIGH SCHOOL

· Erika J. Barrios