HHS Celebrates National Merit Semifinalist; Commended Students

Harrison High School is proud to announce senior Brian Siegel has been named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist and five additional students received Letters of Commendation from the organization.

Letter of Commendation Students are:

Keon Azar
Sarah Birnbaum
Chanha Kim
Matthew Schwartz
Carl Spana

In October 2016, over 1.5 million U.S. high school students, who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and met other program participation requirements, entered the 2017 competition for National Merit Scholarship Program recognition and scholarships. NSMC uses PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores – the sum of critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills scores- to determine 50,000 high scoring participants who qualify for program recognition.

Nearly two-thirds of those high scorers received National Merit Scholar Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.

Siegel (pictured in the center) was among the 16,000 students nationwide selected as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of high school seniors in the country. National Merit Scholarships will be announced in the spring where a large percentage of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing.