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24 Mid-Hudson Valley Students Named 2018 Merit Semifinalists
The seniors are in the running for prestigious national scholarships. See who is from your community.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Some 225 Hudson Valley residents are among 16,000 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. The scholarship organization announced the names Wednesday in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Included on the list are students from around the mid-Hudson Valley.
The students named represent fewer than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors.
They have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship,earning the Merit Scholar® title. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts.)
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Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 420 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC's goals of honoring the nation's scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.
Here are the Hudson Valley Semifinalists for 2018 from the mid-Hudson Valley:
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BEACON
Beacon High School
- Mourgues, Marisa N.
HIGHLAND FALLS
James O'Neill High School
- Crow, Enoch
HOPEWELL JUNCTION
John Jay High School
- Stobert, Liam A.
- Zhou, Amy
LA GRANGEVILLE
Arlington High School
- Goldfischer, Sabrina P.
- Koonin, Spencer W.
- Poon, Elena T.
MIDDLETOWN
Fei Tian Academy of the Arts
- Yan, Anna
NEW PALTZ
New Paltz Central High School
- Tamarchenko, Elijah
- Taylor, Luke D.
NEW WINDSOR
Cornwall Central High School
- Wu, Jessica F.
NEWBURGH
Newburgh Free Academy
- Johnston, Ada D.
POUGHKEEPSIE
Our Lady of Lourdes High School
- DiMeglio, Christopher R.
- Petronio, Tara F.
- Zhu, Albert
Spackenkill High School
- Eng-Kohn, Miah
- Kamada, Sneha R.
- Li, Rachel X.
- Whalen, Zoe C.
RED HOOK
Red Hook Central High School
- Urbin, Nicholas S.
RHINEBECK
Rhinebeck Central School
- Ayton, James W.
WAPPINGERS FALLS
Roy C. Ketcham High School
- Liang, Eileen K.
- Vora, Kreena N.
WASHINGTONVILLE
Washingtonville High School
- Thompson, Kyle B.
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