National Merit Honors for Levittown Seniors

Photo: MacArthur High School Principal Kathleen Valentino is pictured with Levittown seniors Grace Shin and Eduardo Sandoval, Commended Students in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. Credit: Levittown School District

The 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program recognized MacArthur High School seniors Grace Shin and Eduardo Sandoval as Commended Students.

Each of these scholastically accomplished students were presented with a Letter of Commendation by Principal Kathleen Valentino on behalf of the school and the NMSP, which conducts the program.

Approximately 50,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although these students will not continue in the 2015 competition for Merit Scholarship awards, being named a Commended Student recognizes that these seniors are amongst the top third of the students who entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Grace is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction and the school representative to the Board of Education. She is president of the National Honor Society and the Math Honor Society and a member of the Foreign Language Honor Society. In her free time, Grace volunteers at a Korean school.

Like Grace, Eduardo is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor and a member of the National Honor Society and math and foreign language honor societies. He is a National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar. When not attending school, Eduardo is working on becoming an Eagle Scout.

The Levittown School District congratulates Grace and Eduardo on this prestigious academic achievement.