NationalMeritGroup2023: AHA’s Commended Students and national recognition program honorees. Not pictured: National African-American Recognition Program honoree Olivia Leys and National Hispanic Recognition Program honoree Elena Fiorentinos.
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Demarest, NJ, the Academy of the Holy Angels is pleased to announce this year’s National Merit® Scholarship Program honorees, who include several Commended Students and Angels who received honors in national recognition programs administered by The College Board®. Each student’s achievement was based on her excellent performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit® Scholarship Qualifying Test.
Commended Students include seniors Aiko Chang of Valley Cottage, New York; Sidney Chung of Cresskill; Emily H. Kim and Natalie Yoo of Englewood Cliffs; Georgette “Gigi” Ochs of Fair Lawn; Olivia Papp of Hawthorne; Elise Tao of Upper Saddle River; and Lauren Tong of Old Tappan.
AHA’s National Indigenous Recognition Program honoree is Genevieve Tuohy (’25) of Cresskill.
Olivia Leys (’24) of Tappan, New York; Ava Taylor (’24) of Cresskill; and Alexandra Fontana (’25) of Nanuet, New York, were honored in the National African-American Recognition Program.
This year’s National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees include seniors Elena Fiorentinos of Cresskill; Sarah Machado of Tappan, New York; Marina Poire of Dumont; Valerie Rey of River Vale; Natalia Ruiz of Fairview; and Victoria Velasco of Woodcliff Lake. Juniors who received NHRP honors include Lily Cossio of Tenafly, Xenaya Medina of Clifton, and Sienna Pacione of Old Tappan.
Founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1879, the Academy of the Holy Angels is the oldest private girls’ school in Bergen County. While AHA is steeped in Catholic tradition, this prestigious school serves young women from various cultural and religious backgrounds.
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