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NATIONAL MERIT
SCHOLARS
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.
2016 PINE-RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 5
