14 Rye High School Students Named National Merit Scholar Finalists

A total of 14 Rye High School seniors have achieved Finalist status in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program Competition, the school announced.

The distinction was earned, according to officials, “based on the students’ academic records, the school’s curricula and grading system, test scores, written recommendations, participation in activities and leadership, and essays.”

The 14 students are (in alphabetical order):

Morgan Cobban
William Costine
Judson Ellis
Caleb Glassberg
Bonnie Gould
Amelia Haddad
Charles Hager
Chloe Jennings
Rebecca Jordan
Min Kyo Kim
Kiefer Mueller
Samuel Papert
Daniel Philip
JiCi Wang

About 10,000 students throughout the nation have been named finalists and are now eligible for scholarship awards.

From a school press release about the honor:

The National Merit Scholarship Program, which has been recognizing students for academic success since 1955, will notify approximately 8,000 Finalists that they have been selected to receive a Merit Scholarship award later this spring.

This past fall, the students were recognized as National Merit Semifinalists based on results of their PSATs, which serve as the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program. In September, the District acknowledged their accomplishments with Rye Recognition of Excellence Awards during a Board of Education Meeting. Also commended at that meeting were seventeen National Merit Commended Students, and two National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars.

Photo: Rye High School Principal Pat Taylor with the school’s 14 National Merit Scholarship finalists. Back row from left, Chloe Jennings, Daniel Philip, Morgan Cobban, Judson Ellis, William Costine, Min Kim, Samuel Papert, Charles Hager and Caleb Glassberg. Front row from left, Bonnie Gould, Rebecca Jordan, JiCi Wang and Amelia Haddad. Photo credit: Contributed

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