Ward Melville High Boasts 23 Commended Students

Twenty-three of Ward Melville High School’s brightest students have been named National Merit Scholarship Commended Students.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation have been recognized for their exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying test used for program entry.

Although they will not continue in the 2015 competition, these students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition by taking the 2013 PSAT.

“You should be very proud of yourselves for this achievement,” Principal Dr. Alan Baum said to those honored. “I know that I am very proud of you.”

Congrats to the following students:

· Mitchell R. Berger

· Niyati K. Desai

· Gabriel N. Downs

· Kyra A. Durko

· Tess E. Duryea

· Ashley L. Earl

· Ryan Fan

· Alexander Frenkel

· Jessica Ju

· Marvin Lee

· Daria E. Purdy

· Cyrus T. Rastegar

· Jared A. Rifkin

· Erika J. Riley

· Angad Singh

· Luke J. Sugrue

· Nicholas J. Thornton

· Runda Tian

· Benjamin M. Winston

· Jeremy Wong

· Hannah C. Yen

· Rui Zhang

· Evan Zou

Photo courtesy of the Three Village Central School District