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Avon Lake Has 6 National Merit Commended Students
The students are among the top 5 percent best performers on the PSAT.
AVON LAKE, OH — Six seniors at Avon Lake High School have been named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship program. The students are among the top scorers in the nation on the PSAT. They competed with 1.6 million other students.
About 34,000 students earned the distinction Commended Student this year. While Commended Students don't continue on in the National Merit Scholarship awards competition, they are recognized as some of the best PSAT performers in the U.S.
The Commended Students join two of their peers who were named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program. (To stay up to date on local stories, subscribe to the Patch Avon-Avon Lake newsletter. As news breaks and the story develops, you will be the first to receive updates from Patch.)
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The Commended Students are (left to right in the above photo):
- Marisa Barilla
- Ryan Castelli
- Simon Kirksey
- Margo Lence
- Noah Rish
- Deena Williams
The high school's two Semifinalist students are: Robert Nordman and Morgan Strauss.
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