Herricks High School is proud to congratulate 25 current seniors that have been identified as Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. This academic competition was initiated in 1955 as a way to provide students with opportunities to receive recognition for their scholastic talents.
Kristen Aloysius, Derek Chen, Ashley Chopra, Mamerto J. Gamboa, Colin Hwang, Xavier Jiang, Greshma John, Jason Jong, Minji Kang, Timothy Lai, Jonathan X. Lee, Jonathan K. Leung, Jared R. Martin, Nicholas W. Newsome, Karina Ng, Jocelyn Park, Swara Y. Patel, Christopher M. Piccirillo, Kathryn E. Ritchie, Manan Shah, Benjamin Shim, Aditya K. Sunar, Mary Tsahas, Jesse Wang and Kaitlyn R. Yoo achieved this distinction based on their 2018 Preliminary SAT scores. They placed among the top 50,000 of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the exam, which serves as the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.
In addition to exhibiting academic excellence, these students participate in a range of programs, organizations, and activities both in and outside of school.
Submitted by Herricks Public Schools
