Wantagh District Congratulates Seniors for Top Honors

Submitted by Wantagh School District. Photo: Wantagh High School National Merit Semifinalists (center, l-r) Julia Lantier and Julia Laibach are pictured with assistant principal James Brown and principal Carolyn Breivogel.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named Wantagh High School seniors Julia Laibach and Julia Lantier two of the nation’s 16,000 National Merit Semifinalists in the 60th

These academically talented students will continue in the competition for one of 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, which altogether totals $33 million that will be offered this spring.

More than 1.4 million high school juniors from approximately22,000 high schools nationwide entered the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2011 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.

An exemplary student, Laibach is an NYSSMA All-State musician, an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction and a member of the National Honor Society. She is founder and president of the school’s mentor program and a recipient of the Harvard University Book Award. Also an exceptional athlete, Laibach is a member of the high school swim and track teams.

Lantier is an Advanced Placement Scholar and the recipient of the University of Rochester’s Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award. She is on the executive board of the National Honor Society and president of the Foreign Language Honor Society.

The Wantagh School District congratulates these students on this prestigious honor and much luck in the National Merit Scholarship Program competition.

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