2024-2025 FOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
HIGHLIGHTS
• Fox Chapel Area High School senior Ulyana Kubini was named a winner of the Coolidge Scholarship. The full-ride presidential scholarship covers four years of tuition, room and board, and expenses at any accredited college or university in the United States. Ulyana was one of only five from throughout the country to be named a Coolidge Scholar in the 2024-2025 school year. Coolidge Scholars embody the principles and legacy of Calvin Coolidge by maintaining exemplary academic performance, exhibiting an interest in public policy and an appreciation of the values President Coolidge championed, and demonstrating humility and performing service to others.
• Juniors Lily McLaughlin and Ayla Ojanen were among the 10 U. S. finalists at the 2024 Junk Kouture World Final. As part of the sustainable fashion competition where students create an outfit from 100 % recycled materials, Lily and Ayla used an old graduation gown, recycled plastic spoons, and ribbon to create a dress, titled“ Unwrapped.” The World Final event was held in Dublin in March 2025 and showcased the talent of students from the U. S., Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and the United Arab Emirates.
• Seven seniors were designated as National Merit Finalists, and 23 were named Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. The Semifinalists were David Black, Anna Delale-O’ Connor, Benjamin Fiedler, Rayna Huang, Arnim Kuchhal, Zhana Neumann, and Rohit Velankar. The Commended Students were Omar Al-Bataineh, Murugan Ayyanar, Noelle Dick, Maya DiPasquale, Alaina Hershey, Owen Howell, Moonyoung Hwang, Etash Jhanji, Patton Johnson, Alex Kim, Evan Krieg, Nathan Mackey, Devon McDonald, Noah Miller, Pierce Osterholm, Rachel Pegher, Hyunoh Ro, Caleb Shirk, David Sorisio, Mya Wilson, Caterina Wu, JinLiang Zhang, and Yuqi Zhou. All of these students were initially selected based on their 2023 PSAT scores.
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