The Los Alamitos Unified School District recently announced 14 National Merit Commended Students for the 2015-2016 school year. The students are listed alphabetically below:
• Emily Blumenthal
• Adam Havstad
• James Campion
• Krista Hayakawa
• Renee Congdon
• Emma Hodge
• Emma Cruz
• Sean Pak
• Evan Cusato
• Sean Rheaume
• Griffin Don Vito
• Arielle Schultz
• Duncan Fujii
• Tal Stoler
A letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to these scholastically talented seniors.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional promise. Commended Students placed in the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
“The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success” commented a spokesperson for MNSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic excellence.”
