Local national merit scholarship semi-finalists named

Dozens of Massachusetts high school seniors have been named today as Semifinalists in the 54th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, making them eligible to compete for some 8,200 scholarships.

Approximately 16,000 semifinalists were plucked from the more than 1.5 million high school juniors who entered the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in October 2007. The qualifying scores are not released, but vary from state to state, according to Michelle Robbins, coordinator of public information for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

To become finalists, students must already have a stellar academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school principal and earn SAT scores that confirm the student's performance on the PSAT. In addition, the semifinalist and a high school official must provide an application that includes a student-penned essay and information on participation in school and community organizations.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation estimates that 15,000 of the 16,000 semifinalists will move on to the next round and a little over half of those students will become National Merit Scholars. Being a scholar makes the students eligible for scholarships for the National Merit organization, corporate-sponsored scholarships, and monetary awards from about 200 colleges and universities.

Students semifinalists include three from Needham, two from Newton, 20 from Newton Center, 17 from Newtonville, four from Waltham, and five from Wellesley.

See the rest of the entries from Massachusetts.

ACTON

ACTON - BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL H. S.
Gupta, Ankit K.
Huang, Shengyun
Judd, Zachary P.
Kang, Yuan
Lim, Matthew B.
McCree, Stephen A.
Narasimhan, Amrit K.
Nelson, Jordan N.
Qian, Andrew A.
Tang, Diyang
Tsitlenko, Sergey D.
Xu, Yingcheng

AMHERST

AMHERST REGIONAL H. S.
Norden, Erika P.

ANDOVER

ANDOVER H. S.
Galat, Nicholas W.
Kanthavelan, Naveen

PHILLIPS ACADEMY
Anderson, Christian C.
Burke, William C.
Chang, Iris
Choi, Christine H.
Clay, Cassius M.
Conant, Alice B.
Cope, Alexander
Deveney, Brendan
Dickey, Schuyler J.
Elder, Benjamin T.
Feld, Emanuel L.
Feng, Tony L.
Foster, James R.
Glassberg, Daniel S.
Grober, Eli B.
Jackson, Carl T.
Jow, Vincent
Kang, Marina
Keyes, Alicia C.
Levy, Stephen P.
Li, Tiffany S.
Li, Yiwei
Luan, Jiageng
Macrae, Trisha A.
May, Conor D.
McDonough, Anne O.
Morris, Ryan F.
Oasis, Philip A.
Ofori, Kevin E.
Ofori, Kyle D.
Oiu, Bowen
Sanderson, Scott B.
Segall, Erica R.
Tong, Charles M.
Woolsey, Patrick L.
Yen, Patricia
Zhang, Edward Y.
Zou, Anthony H.

ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON H. S.
Entova, Sonya
Formica, Adam F.
Kobayashi, Heather H.
Lim, Jeffrey C.
Long, Alexandra F.
Poor, Hannah M.
Weber, Joseph G.

BEDFORD

BEDFORD H. S.
Chiu, Christie S.
Wang, Victor Y.

BELMONT

BELMONT H. S.
Bernstein, Sergei S.
Boning, Will C.
Chesson, Mark A.
Hill, Lincoln A.
Jang, Andrew
Mason-Brown, Lucas D.
Sacks, Susanna L.
Tang, Anji
Wilson, Megan S.

BELMONT HILL SCHOOL
Puttick, Daniel J.
Swartz, Jacob H.

BEVERLY

WARING SCHOOL
Barrows, Eli B.

BILLERICA

BILLERICA MEMORIAL H. S.
Rugg, Allison R.

BOLTON

NASHOBA REGIONAL H. S.
Lam, Marjorie L.

BOSTON

BOSTON COLLEGE H. S.
Epstein, Jake D.

BOSTON COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL
Kneeland, Ryan L.

BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL
Dong, Juncheng
Kreiner, Paul E.
Li, Yukun
Mogul-Adlin, Hannah S.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY
McGuffin, Asher S.
Sheckler, Christina C.
Travis, Sophie M.

COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL
Behr, Michael K.
Chalmiers, Morgen A.
Garbarino, Jake R.
Gottesman, Max A.
Greenstein, Rebecca L.
Horn, Benjamin S.
Mukherjee, Shinjini U.
Pokross, Benjamin G.
Taff, Joseph J.
Theyel, Jordan S.

WINSOR SCHOOL
Gendelman, Hannah K.
Miller, Kathleen W.
Reilly, Mairead V.
Roe, Katherine A.
Thomas, Alyssa R.
Winthrop, Georgina C.

BRAINTREE

THAYER ACADEMY
Durell, Stephanie

BRIDGEWATER

BRIDGEWATER - RAYNHAM REGIONAL H. S.
O'Brien, Coleman P.

BROOKLINE

BROOKLINE H. S.
Arnold, Abigail L.
Effron, Jacob N.
Gommerstadt, Hannah V.
Recht, Hannah
Solomon, William A.
Srivastav, Shivani

HOME SCHOOL
Karpman, Gabriel D.

MAIMONIDES SCHOOL
Chiel, Harry A.
Snow, Hana R.

BURLINGTON

BURLINGTON H. S.
Chikofsky, Janet B.

CAMBRIDGE

BUCKINGHAM BROWNE AND NICHOLS SCHOOL
Amphlett, Nicholas S.
Berenson, Daniel F.
Brudnick, Adam Z.
Dasaratha, Samuel K.
Miller, Zachary A.
Murphy, Jacob W.
Pokross, Samuel B.
Stanton, David
Tufano, Nora A.

CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN SCHOOL
Kashem, Ireen F.
Sluyter, Eric W.
Song, Humbi
Zinky, Derek I.

CANTON

CANTON H. S.
Berman, Amanda L.
Shen, Jenny

COHASSET

COHASSET H. S.
Fitts, Jessica J.

CONCORD

CONCORD - CARLISLE REGIONAL H. S.
Bhatia, Shivani M.
Corrao Clanon, Samuel
Karr, Polly A.
Slocum, Lydia M.
Tobin, Carolyn H.
Williams, Jennie J.
Zaunbrecher, Rebecca J.

CONCORD ACADEMY
Brooke, Elizabeth P.
Ingber, Mark J.
Kaemmer, Hannah M.

MIDDLESEX SCHOOL
Chah, Kyoungwon
Ha, June K.

DANVERS

ST. JOHN'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Corbett, John J.
Dittrich, Dylan R.
Gomes, George J.
Kelley, Michael
Leone, Christopher J.

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH H. S.
Che, Yan

DEDHAM

NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL
Anderson-Nelson, Jessica D.
Bunnell, Megan E.
Chang, Eric Y.
Lehman, Christopher M.
Luster, Devan R.
Palmer, Meghan C.
Patel, Anuj D.
Tyack, Sophia W.

URSULINE ACADEMY
Hallett, Katherine

DEERFIELD

DEERFIELD ACADEMY
Ashley, Sean P.
Chaudhry, Bridget J.
Crihfield, Lucas W.
Hanson, Thomas J.
Saussy, Juliana L.

DOVER

DOVER - SHERBORN H. S.
Harvey, Winthrop P.
Kocsik, Victoria S.
Mayfield, Andrew B.

DUXBURY

DUXBURY H. S.
Kahl, Edward J.
Yanulis, Eric

EASTHAMPTON

WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL
Hall, Douglas M.

FALMOUTH

FALMOUTH ACADEMY
Dantowitz, Max W.
Johns, Christina B.

FITCHBURG

ST. BERNARD'S CENTRAL CATHOLIC H. S.
Landry, Joseph R.

FOXBOROUGH

FOXBOROUGH H. S.
Plasmati, Samuel F.

FRANKLIN

FRANKLIN H. S.
Crehan, April M.
Gorantla, Varun
Singh, Arushi

GROTON

GROTON SCHOOL
Aggarwal, Arjun
Carter, Jack
Lamont, Benjamin J.
Liu, Cynthia S.
Mayer, Heather M.

HARVARD

BROMFIELD SCHOOL
Ferrillo, Vivian F.
Hayes, Arjuna C.
Lynch, Brian A.

HATFIELD

SMITH ACADEMY
Curtis, Joshua W.

HOLDEN

WACHUSETT REGIONAL H. S.
Simpson, Graham M.

HOLYOKE

HOLYOKE CATHOLIC H. S.
Archbald, Anne E.

HOPKINTON

HOPKINTON H. S.
Love, Keith
Schultz, Lauren E.

HUDSON

HUDSON CATHOLIC H. S.
Scheiner, Margaret V.

HUDSON H. S.
Calcagni, Anthony M.
Doherty Munro, Luke A.

HYANNIS

BARNSTABLE H. S.
Fortunato, Daniel F.

STURGIS CHARTER SCHOOL
White, Ethan S.

LAWRENCE

CENTRAL CATHOLIC H. S.
Taylor, Robert E.

LEXINGTON

LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Peters, Katherine V.

LEXINGTON H. S.
Arbesfeld, Noah M.
Chen, Ruiyong
Cho, John Y.
Chun, Stephanie W.
Jain, Shefali
Janney, Lillian M.
Lee, Kyumin
Leung, Joshua W.
Musicus, Aviva A.
Paduano, Claire Q.
Pan, Junhua
Soley, Micheline B.
Stein, Carolyn M.
Sterman, Sarah G.
Teng, Christopher N.
Yang, Chen
Zheng, Julia X.

LONGMEADOW

LONGMEADOW H. S.
Freyman, Neal A.
Gagne-Maynard, William
Mernoff, Erin J.
Steele, Hannah C.
Yu, Vincent M.

LUDLOW

LUDLOW H. S.
Conlon, Benjamin J.

LUNENBURG

LUNENBURG H. S.
Londa, Christopher J.

LYNNFIELD

LYNNFIELD H. S.
Rober, Renee E.

MALDEN

MYSTIC VALLEY REGIONAL UPPER CHARTER SCHOOL
Huynh, Nancy

MANSFIELD

MANSFIELD H. S.
Palardy, Ryan T.

MARION

TABOR ACADEMY
Shor, Jessica F.
Wright, William P.

MARSHFIELD

MARSHFIELD H. S.
Borror-Chappell, Brandon G.

MATTAPOISETT

OLD ROCHESTER REGIONAL H. S.
Sinnott, Colleen M.

MAYNARD

MAYNARD H. S.
Bradley, Kristin M.

MEDFIELD

MEDFIELD H. S.
Arun, Anirudh
Xu, David B.

MEDFORD

MEDFORD H. S.
Cipollone, Matthew P.

MEDWAY

MEDWAY H. S.
Fulco, Charles P.
Splaine, Kevin J.

MILTON

MILTON ACADEMY
Cabot, Charles C.
Creegan, Kelsey M.
Hayes, James C.
Pearce, Samuel S.
Rodman, Lee H.
Windmueller, Jordan H.

MOUNT HERMON NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL
Childs, Brodrick D.
Royalty, Nolen C.
Tryba, Julian O.

NATICK

NATICK H. S.
Ehrlich, Deborah J.
Gibson, Michael A.
Hooley, William R.
Siegel, Aviva R.

NEEDHAM

NEEDHAM H. S.
Alpert, Leah
Breeling, Michael J.
Davis, Adam M.

NEWBURYPORT

NEWBURYPORT H. S.
Jacqz, Irene B.
Szabo, Samuel M.

NEWTON

BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON H. S. FOR GIRLS
Wasserman, Talya C.

NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART

White, Elizabeth B.

NEWTON CENTER

NEWTON SOUTH H. S.
Adelman, Eli J.
Bernstein, Ally C.
Damato, Christopher R.
Forrow, Aden W.
Galinovsky, Mark A.
Halliday, Georgia C.
Joseph, Nathan T.
Lee, Jennifer
Li, Alice E.
Lurie, Aron Y.
Rose, Lauren A.
Rucinski, Jessica D.
Ryan-Davis, Juliet R.
Shmulevich, Isabel
Tolkin, Alexander E.
Weng, Lei
Wong, Rachel
Yang, Jie-Yoon
Yu, Jielin
Zelle, David J.

NEWTONVILLE

NEWTON NORTH H. S.
Abromowitz, Daniel J.
Asher, Eve A.
Banerjee, Maalika M.
Brown, Royce M.
Bunis, Justine B.
Chan, Sandra L.
Cohan, Gregory D.
Cooke, Elizabeth K.
Dinsmore, Thomas B.
Dukhovich, Anna
Heilbron, John W.
Hemley-Bronstein, Adina
Kenslea, Anne C.
Levin, Adam M.
Mital, Parv
Novikov, German
Villano, Danylo J.

NORTH ANDOVER

NORTH ANDOVER H. S.
Cicelova, Terezia
Ely, Rebecca A.
Kinneman, Kevin L.

NORTH CHELMSFORD

CHELMSFORD H. S.
Grant, Kayla L.
Harradon, Michael R.
Iftimia, Nicolae A.

NORTH DARTMOUTH

BISHOP STANG H. S.
Carroll, Ellen E.

NORTH EASTHAM

NAUSET REGIONAL H. S.
Pettengill, Duncan W.

NORTH QUINCY

NORTH QUINCY H. S.
Yung, Helen H.

NORTH READING

NORTH READING H. S.
Geoffrion-Scanell, Declan P.

NORTHAMPTON

NORTHAMPTON H. S.
Cutler, Emma M.
Metcalf, Simon K.
Wanar, Harry H.

NORTHBOROUGH

ALGONQUIN REGIONAL H. S.
Chung, Changik
Gohlke, Grace C.
Pieper, Katherine M.
Yang, Helen L.

OSTERVILLE

CAPE COD ACADEMY
Van Sciver, Sarah G.

PEABODY

PEABODY VETERANS MEMORIAL H. S.
Ahearn, Michael

PLYMOUTH

PLYMOUTH NORTH H. S.
Hughes, Gregory J.

READING

READING MEMORIAL H. S.
Downing, Jesse M.

SAUGUS

SAUGUS H. S.
Prendergast, Tyler P.

SEEKONK

SEEKONK H. S.
Thompson, Lucas N.

SHARON

SHARON H. S.
Eiland, Rudolph R.
Richman, Ethan B.
Yen, Avery

SHREWSBURY

SHREWSBURY H. S.
Lee, Ruby
Parvin-Nejad, Fatemeh P.
Xie, Elaine S.

ST. JOHN'S H. S.
Frey, Sean V.
Palmer, Kevin R.

SOUTH HADLEY

SOUTH HADLEY H. S.
Massey, George

SOUTH HAMILTON

HAMILTON - WENHAM REGIONAL H. S.
Brao, Kristen J.
Parrett, Alisa H.
Roberts, Thomas S.

PINGREE SCHOOL
Collins, Michael L.
O'Hare, Meredith A.

SOUTH LANCASTER

TRIVIUM SCHOOL
Reiley, Adam M.

SOUTH YARMOUTH

DENNIS - YARMOUTH REGIONAL H. S.
Wood, Daniel A.

SOUTHBOROUGH

ST. MARK'S SCHOOL
Dravida, Swethasri P.

SPRINGFIELD

MAC DUFFIE SCHOOL
Grzelak, James W.

SUDBURY

LINCOLN - SUDBURY REGIONAL H. S.
Blackwood, Alice R.
Chen, Kan
Fishbein, Jennifer E.
Gossels, Jennifer M.
Greenspan, Sophie E.
Hussain, Mohammed A.
Iuliano, Jeffrey W.
Tam, Geoffrey H.
Vale, Mira D.

TEWKSBURY

TEWKSBURY MEMORIAL H. S.
Sacco, Anthony P.

TOPSFIELD

MASCONOMET REGIONAL H. S.
Revill, Madeleine L.
Robertson, Eleanor L.

UPTON

NIPMUC REGIONAL H. S.
Cunningham, Joshua M.

WALPOLE

WALPOLE H. S.
Herrmann, Jennifer M.

WALTHAM

GANN ACADEMY
Abelman, Nathan J.
Gardenswartz, Samuel E.
Haber, Alexandra R.
Klepper, Rachel T.

WAYLAND

WAYLAND H. S.
Budnick, Andrew S.
Hammitt, Galen K.
Sieber, Hannah L.
Tenny, Cameron J.
Zhang, Emily X.

WELLESLEY

HOME SCHOOL
Johansson, Katherine L.

WELLESLEY H. S.
Miron, Laura B.
O'Brien, Sarah E.
Oi, Curran Ym
Zhou, Iris M.

WEST ROXBURY

ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL
Ameri, Amir H.
Cherenfant, Alex
Feeney, Michael I.
Goizueta, Roberto C.
Grogan, William P.
Kohli, Peter B.
Kull, Thaddeus M.
Miller, David G.
Poterba, Timothy J.
Rahman, Afif A.
Zhang, Peter

WESTBOROUGH

WESTBOROUGH H. S.
Dupree, Eli N.
Ehrlich, Gabrielle C.
Sistla, Sreeharsha
Teevens, Alexis R.

WESTFORD

WESTFORD ACADEMY
Dhal, Ankan K.
Donovan, Jonathan M.
Geng, June Z.
Jung, Jonathan M.
Kay, Sarah F.
Kumar, Neha
Millet, Alexandra J.
Tang, Faren

WESTON

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
Siegel, Katherine J.

WESTON H. S.
Bruce, Alexander D.
Chilton, Cyana D.
Freiberg, Stephen A.
Hill, Hannah C.
Hsia, Katherine L.
Newell, Alexander B.
Park, Derek S.
Spector, Michael

WESTWOOD

XAVERIAN BROTHERS H. S.
Collegio, Andrew J.
Loder, Stephen C.

WHITINSVILLE

WHITINSVILLE CHRISTIAN H. S.
Ladine, Adam J.

WILLIAMSTOWN

MOUNT GREYLOCK REGIONAL H. S.
Robertson, Camille G.

WINCHESTER

WINCHESTER H. S.
Johnston, Gregory B.
Kolchinski, Yuri A.
Kryatova, Mariya S.
Unger, Emily S.

WORCESTER

BANCROFT SCHOOL
Erban, Benjamin P.
Fujimori, Jessica E.
Heinricher, Alexander C.
Rae, Rebecca E.

MASSACHUSETTS ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
Bullock, Christopher B.
Kopczynski, Jacob S.
Skende, Johan

WORCESTER ACADEMY
Aldrich, Stephanie B.
Doxsee, Catrina A.
Fan, Andrew T.
Kneeland, Kimberly A.
McKetchnie, Gregory R.
Parish, Khalia T.

WRENTHAM

KING PHILIP REGIONAL H. S.
Miller, Rachel L.