Five Holton seniors have been named 2020 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists: Francesca Cetta, Alicia Colomer, Jenna Einhorn, Sydney Pham, and Emily Shapland. Of the more than 1.5 million juniors who took the 2018 PSAT, just 1 percent have been selected as Semifinalists, representing the highest-scoring entrants in each state. These students now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $31 million, that will be awarded in the spring.
National Merit also recognized nine seniors as Commended Students: Morgan Bedingfield, Lillian Broeksmit, Lauren Cooke, Shifra Eskin, Jillian Johnson, Kyley Rymsza, Maya Valmon, Skye Worster, and Lilly Zheng. These students placed among the top 50,000 scorers on the 2018 PSAT.
Three students—Alicia Colomer, Nina Nichols, and Gabriela Tuncer—were honored by the National Hispanic Recognition Program. These young women placed in the top 2.5 percent of Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT takers in the region.
The school celebrated these students at an Upper School assembly on Oct. 3, where they received their certificates from Upper School Director Chris Lynch.
Congratulations to these students!
The School's National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Students and National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees pose with Upper School Director Chris Lynch. (Not pictured: Nina Nichols '20.)