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Minuteman High School Senior Named Commended Student by Nat'l. Merit Scholarship Program
Student honored for "exceptional academic promise" by prestigious organization
By Judy Bass
Julia Ruderman, a senior at Minuteman High School in Lexington, has been named a Commended Student in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 34,000 students nationwide to earn this recognition based on their performance on the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test administered last October.
According to information from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Commended Students are honored for “the exceptional academic promise” shown by their scores on the qualifying test. Ms. Ruderman will receive a letter of commendation for her achievement.
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Another senior from Minuteman, Rachel Toups of Boxborough, also was named a Commended Student.
Ms. Ruderman, of Arlington, is studying Engineering Technology at Minuteman. Her activities include cross country (she is girls’ team captain), senior class vice president, SkillsUSA participant and Minuteman chapter secretary, Girls in STEM Club president, National Honor Society, volunteering at Ironstone Farm in Andover, and Model UN. She plans to study civil engineering or architecture in college (or combine the two disciplines).
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Earlier this year, Ms. Ruderman was the recipient of a $5,000 first prize in the second annual Frederick Douglass Prize U.S. History Essay Contest sponsored by the Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based public policy research organization. She wrote about the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington.
Minuteman is an award-winning regional high school located in Lexington that delivers robust academics and powerful career and technical skills in more than one dozen career majors. This combination gives students a competitive edge in the new economy. More than 60% of the school’s graduates typically pursue a post-secondary education. The Minuteman district includes 16 member communities: Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln, Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston.
