Thirty-one students from Harriton High School and Lower Merion High School have been named Semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship® Competition. An additional 44 students received the Commended Student designation. The Board of School Directors will recognize these students at its meeting on October 15, 2018.
The LMSD Semifinalists are among approximately 16,000 Semifinalists recognized overall in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship® Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships® worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. Over 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
Harriton High School Semifinalists:
| Danielle Benstock | Michelle Qin |
| Sophie Brown | Guillermo Ribero-Vecino |
| Helena Cahn von Seelen | Sophia Sassoli |
| Francis Chalissery | Ashwini Shende |
| Matthew Groeneveld | Noah Stern |
| Chang-Chao Huang | Max Wang |
| Kate Kucharczuk | Sarah Xi |
| David Parr |
Lower Merion High School Semifinalists:
| Sidharth Annapragada | Aydan Gooneratne |
| Anna Barnett | Asa Kosto |
| Andres Bermudez | Christina Peng |
| Molly Cutler | Ethan Springarn |
| Marion Donoghue | Katherine Wang |
| Lily Elman | Edward Zhang |
| Grace Ge | Ziwen Zhou |
Harriton High School Commended Students:
| Benjamin Abt | Anna Manning |
| Duncan Attig | Garciela McDonogh-Wong |
| Connor Block | Ethan McKeever |
| Mason Coburn-Weigan | Roshni Parikh |
| Siobhan Daley-Gibson | Matthew Pearl |
| Emma Deutsch | Steven Ross |
| Julia Ermi | Reilly Short |
| Kayla Finn | Matthew Stein |
| Duncan Glew | Niels Terwiesch |
| Richard Haslam | Valeria Varlashova |
| Lauren Levy | Sean Yoon |
| Greta Luo | Kevin Zhai |
Lower Merion High School Commended Students:
| Henry Chen | Jasper Lim-Goyette |
| Sarah Constantino | Nikolas Mihailidis |
| Madison Dillon | Adam Shah |
| Russell Dougherty | Spencer Shah |
| Ethan Frank | Madeleine Shalaby |
| Hannah Heller | Danielle Snyder |
| Abraham Hollis | David Sommer |
| Dylan Hurok | Grace Wei |
| Brandon Kedson | Kathy Wei |
| Sofia Lake | Amy Xi |
