{"id":15603,"date":"2013-05-03T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=15603"},"modified":"2013-05-03T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T15:57:06","slug":"list-of-national-merit-qualifiers-breaks-school-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=15603","title":{"rendered":"List of National Merit qualifiers breaks school record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">34 juniors will receive some level of recognition in fall<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/UHSNationalMeritLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15605 alignright\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" alt=\"UHSNationalMeritLogo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/UHSNationalMeritLogo.jpg\" width=\"183\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/UHSNationalMeritLogo.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/UHSNationalMeritLogo-108x100.jpg 108w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/UHSNationalMeritLogo-250x229.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>A \u201crecord-breaking\u201d number of Unionville High students will be recognized by the 2014 National Merit Scholarship program next fall, Principal Paula Massanari\u00a0announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Massanari said the list includes a school record of 34 students, one of whom has since moved, who will be named\u00a0&#8220;commended,&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;semi-finalist&#8221; or &#8220;finalist.&#8221; She said the students\u00a0were informed of this honor in a meeting in the main office this week.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is to recognize and honor academically talented students throughout the country by conducting nationwide academic scholarship programs, its web site said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Unionville students whose PSAT scores qualified them for recognition are Minori Akiba, Steven Annan, Charlotte Berg, Ari Bleemer, John Cronin, Kate\u00a0Dietrich-Manion, Madison Farrell, Emily Fisher, Connor Fitzgibbon,\u00a0Victoria Francis, Steven Gosselin, Amy Gottsegen, Matt Greer, Allison Hsu,\u00a0Benjamin Jenny, Edward Jing, Erin Kutz, Aaron Lacombe, McKayla Mawn,\u00a0Angela Pan, Barrett Powell, Edward Pyun, Ria Rathi, Jodi Robertson,\u00a0Douglas Russo, Jason Shao, Alex Shin, Courtney Smith, Catherine Stookey,\u00a0Alyssa Trigg, Brendon Wilkins, John Wu, Grant Yi (transferred), and Ziya\u00a0Zhang.<\/p>\n<p>With 341 students in 11th grade this year, Massanari said the school was also thrilled to learn that 10 percent of the\u00a0junior class scored in the top two-percent \u00a0of 11<sup>th<\/sup>-grade students in the\u00a0country who took the PSAT in October 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>34 juniors will receive some level of recognition in fall A \u201crecord-breaking\u201d number of Unionville High students will be recognized by the 2014 National Merit Scholarship program next fall, Principal Paula Massanari\u00a0announced Friday. 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