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Smithtown Boasts 17 Commended Students

The students were recognized as Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.

From Smithtown Central School District: Seventeen students from Smithtown High School East and Smithtown High School West have been recognized as Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.

From Smithtown High School East, the following students were honored:

Jordyn Christophides, Sandeepna Eranki, Brianna Foster, Ryland Douglas, Alexa Hickey, Thomas Fanning and Alexis McCauley-Pearl. From Smithtown High School

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West, the following students were recognized: Michael Alessio, Gretchen Burmeister, David Cabello, Anthony De Mayo, Rebecca Farrell, Nicholas Muellers, Jaden O’Brien, James Rogers, Dante Sasso and Matthew Schuchman.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2019 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2019 competition by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

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Photo captions:

HSW Commended Students: Smithtown High School West had 10 Commended students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Pictured (front row from left): Gretchen Burmeister, Jaden O’Brien, Rebecca Farrell; (back row from left) Anthony De Mayo, Michael Alessio, Dante Sasso, James Rogers, David Cabello, Nicholas Muellers, Matthew Schuchman and Smithtown High School West Principal John Coady (back, left).
HSE Commended Students: Smithtown High School East had seven Commended students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. From left: Jordyn Christophides, Alexis McCauley-Pearl, Sandeepna Eranki, Brianna Foster, Ryland Douglas, Alexa Hickey, Thomas Fanning and Smithtown High School East Principal Dr. Kevin Simmons.

Photos courtesy of Smithtown Central School District