The College Board has recognized a number of students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
National Merit Semifinalists
More than 30 students from district high schools have been named semifinalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
Semifinalists from Carrboro High School are Erin Harrington, Jonathan Schuyler Kylstra and Julianne Ragland.
Semifinalists from Chapel Hill High School are Sarah Anderson, Mary Ann Anstine, Julie Crimmins, Robert Gollmar, Mariana Hernandez, Andrew Hertzberg, Erin Humphries, Sara Outing, Ranjit Poonnen, Ellen Porter, Maria Van Aalst and Megan Westman.
Semifinalists from East Chapel Hill High School are Alexandru Bacanu, Tyler Bench, Isabel Blue, Hannah Flake, Jennifer Huang, Bernard Jiang, Wujun Ke, Arthur Kim, Rebecca Lange, Rachel Liao, Charmaine Mutucumarana, Preetha Nandi, Thomas Price, Millie Rosen, Carter Ruff and Alan Toda-Ambaras.
Students across the country took the SAT last year in order to be eligible for the competition, which awards scholarships to approximately 9,700 students nationwide. About 50,000 students have been recognized as semifinalists.
Commended Students
District students were also recognized as Commended Students for placing in the top 5 percent of students who entered the competition.
Commended Students from Carrboro High include: Aidan Burns-Fulkerson, Eric Cotton, Emily Hamilton, Mackenzie Price and Mariel Steen.
Commended Students from Chapel Hill High include: Juliana Brecher, Patrick Dear, Sarah Dehart, Eric Lang, Michael Lo, Kacie Neville, Barbara Parks, Nicholas Powers-Maher, Molly Spencer, Zoe Symon and Matthew Underwood.
Commended Students from East Chapel Hill High include: Ariel Westmoreland, Benjamin Brown, Mason Cordell, Jason Elangbam, Mark Filpus, Meryl Goldstein, Elisabeth Grant, Mattis Hennings, Jun Hong, Alexander Howerton, Emily Jessup, Jonathan Lang, Garrett Langley Henson, William Laundon, Austyn Laures, Camellia Lee, Shuo Liu, Joshua Loyal, Hayley Madden, Alexander Mariakakis, Katherine McIlwain, Sehwa Oh, Benjamin Palmer, Yang Pan, Kiersten Paul, Hannah Peel, Ian Seim, Christopher Serody, Joseph Shea, Yvonne Socolar, Elise Stave, Emily Trabert, Robert Vaughn, Alexa Waters, Trent Wei, Sebastian Werner, Katherine Williams, Zachary Witter and Andranik Yeliazyan.
National Achievement Program
The National Achievement Program recognized several outstanding African-American students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools. More than 150,000 African-American students enter the Achievement Program by taking the SAT, and 800 of these students will receive scholarships.
Sara Outing of Chapel Hill High was named a semifinalist in the National Achievement Program.
In addition, Thomas Colby Isabel of Carrboro High, Amber Bivins of Chapel Hill High and Myisha Eatmon and Monica Lallinger of East Chapel Hill High School were recognized by the National Achievement Program.
National Hispanic Recognition Program
The National Hispanic Recognition Program honors outstanding Hispanic students and shares information about them with colleges and universities.
Mariana Hernandez of Chapel Hill High and Mario Gazzola, Austin Laures and Sebastian Werner of East Chapel Hill High were named to the National Hispanic Recognition Program. — Staff Reports