27 LMSD Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
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Congratulations to the 17 students from Lower Merion High School and ten students from Harriton High School who were named Semifinalists by the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring.
The Lower Merion High School Semifinalists are:
- Alistair Browning
- Yimeng Du
- James France
- Finn Gilligan
- Isabella Gilligan
- Sam Lockman
- Marcus Lord
- Alexander Mazzeo
- Nicholas Mazzeo
- Devin Pettit
- Samuel Polichino
- Theodore Schoenfeld
- Sebastian Steed
- Jonah Vogl
- Finley Wagner
- Emily Wang
- Robert Wang
The Harriton High School Semifinalists are:
- Miles Baldwin
- Sage Bowman
- Sarah Cohen
- Dylan DiMartino
- Anna Kobell
- Daphna Nevler
- Leevi Toikka
- Keano Tsao
- Asher Waldman
- Marshall Zafiriou
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