Colodny Fass Congratulates Broward County Public Schools on 41 National Merit Scholarship Program 2012 Semifinalists
Sep 20, 2011
Forty-one Broward County Public Schools (“BCPS”) students have been named semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program (“Program”). These seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $34 million, that will be offered next spring.
A BCPS news release about the Program is reprinted below and is also accessible by clicking here.
SEMIFINALISTS NAMED IN THE 2012 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Forty-one Broward County Public Schools students have been named semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. These seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $34 million, that will be offered next spring.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the 16,000 semifinalists named nationwide, are expected to attain finalist standing, and half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin or religious preference.
About 1.5 million juniors in approximately 22,000 high schools entered the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
Broward’s 41 semifinalists are listed below, by school.
- Charles W. Flanagan High School – Katie Aguila
- College Academy @ Broward College – Ceshae C. Harding, Catherine M. Pannier
- Cooper City High School – Talya B. Rejtman, Spencer T. Shweky
- Coral Glades High School – Tyler J. Loughney
- Coral Springs High School – Kathryn C. Long
- Cypress Bay High School – Felipe Lozano-Landinez, Mariana E. Perez, Matthew J. Samach, Whitney A. Sikes, Lauren M. Smith, Jiaqi Xie
- Deerfield Beach High School – Rithi J. Chandy
- Fort Lauderdale High School – Ryan A. Hautigan
- J. P. Taravella High School – Bryan Blette, Megan Brewster
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – Sonali Argade, Natalie N. Atyeo, Joshua M. Feinzig, Paula M. Gomez, Abigail L. Hummel, Lauren Kandell, Taimoor A. Khan, Justin Levy, Ameen A. Mettawa, Joshua M. Miller, Elizabeth A. Myers, Pratheek B. Nagaraj, Relvin Samal, Erica S. Turret, Edward Yin, Zachary Zbar
- Miramar High School – Mukunda Satchidanand
- Nova High School – Lauren G. Feilich
- Plantation High School – Michael P. Kemerer, Idris M. Sardharwala
- Pembroke Pines Charter High School – Natalie Maria
- Pompano Beach High School – Sarah A. Franks
- South Plantation High School – Nicole J. Wood
- West Broward High School – Allison B. Gonzalez