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NATIONAL MERIT
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PHOTO BY MARC SORACCO  2016 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS CELEBRATE ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

                       National Merit Scholar Program Recognizes 19 PRHS Seniors

                       The National Merit Scholarship Corporation is honoring 19 Pine-         The National Merit program also announced 14 commended students.
                       Richland High School students in its 2015-2016 program. Finalists       They include PRHS seniors Khaled Abdel Aziz, Nathan Carnovale,
                       include seniors Aidan Lakshman, Kyra Laubacher, William                 Lauren Donahoe, Madeline Hess, Hyunwoo Kim, Matthew
                       Newell and Evan Stephenson. They are among only 15,000                  Lacek, Sarah Libby, Matthew McLoughlin, Elizabeth Profozich,
                       students who were notified in February of 2016 that they were the       Hannah Reiling, Phillip Riggins, Matthew Ruediger, Monica
                       top 50,000 scorers on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholar-       Shope and Maxwell Skirpan. Commended students make up the
                       ship Qualifying Test. The exam serves as an initial screening of about  other 34,000 high performers of the top 50,000 test takers.
                       1.5 million entrants each year. The four were named semifinalists in
                       October of 2015, along with senior Andrew Baxter.

                       Top Students Prepare for Future

                                                                                                       NATIONAL MERIT & 	     NUMBER OF
                                                                                                       ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARS	  STUDENTS 	

                                                                                                       Class of 2016		        19
                                                                                                       Class of 2015		        12
                                                                                                       Class of 2014		        14
                                                                                                       Class of 2013		        19
                                                                                                       Class of 2012		        21

PHOTO BY MARC SORACCO

                       PRHS SALUTATORIAN MAXWELL SKIRPAN, TERTIARY NATHAN CARNOVALE AND VALEDICTORIAN
                       HANNAH REILING SPEAK AT THE 2016 GRADUATION CEREMONY ON JUNE 3, 2016.

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