Eight RHS students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

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Eight RHS students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

Eight RHS students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for Merit Scholarships to be offered next spring. Front: Principal Tom Gorman poses with semifinalists Brian Park and Debbie Ou. Second row: Semifinalists Syed Raza and Britta Potter. Row three: semifinalists Brian Collins, Mark Perfect and Jeffrey Sheu. Back row: Assistant Principal Jeff Nyhuis and Guidance Counselor Laura Moore. Semifinalist Monica Dawes was unavailable for the picture.

Thirty students have been identified as Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship competition. Those with permission to have their names released are: Liam Berry, Gabriela Bonfiglio, Emily Brodkin, Colby Byrne, Matthew Casale, Matthew Dreier, Young Kim, Elizabeth Kopec, Michael Lai, Shayna Lyandvert, Kyla Maclennan, Jiwon Noh, Rachel Posner. Olivia Rosenfeld. Jonah Salzman-Cohen, Jacqueline Schimmel, Robin Smith, Andrew Sohn, Sinan Ulu and John Wolf.