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Kutaiba Akhrass Joseph Alisesky Lavanya Anantharaman Noelle Armor Emilee Armstrong Kayla Baacke Lucas Bayer Meriem Boukaabar Riley Bowser Spencer Brockenbrough Maria Brush Adalgisa Butkewitsch Nathan Carozza Morgan Carter Samantha Cavalier Domenic Colangelo Sara Cowell Meagan Crawford Nicole Currens Anna Damico Gianni Diacopoulos Julia DiFulvio Joseph DiNinno Miranda Fallat Nicole Fetsko Ronald Fleck Kwame Frempong-Manso Rachel Gau Christopher (CJ) Grieco Emma Griffith Nathan Harris Divya Hegde Amanda Henry Benjamin Hopkins Brooke Horvath Connor Hudson Ananya Jadia Justin Jakiela Halle Jakiela Zachary Johnston Stella Kaye Bennett Kerr Luke Kimmich Daniel Kline Stephen Kozuch Nicholas Kravits Abigail Krieger Advait Kulkarni Aastha Ladani Ethan Leicht Amber Li Dylan Llewellyn Zachary Lorenz Adam Lucci Sophia Massaro James Matus Mary Cate McCarthy Mairyn McFall Trevor McLeigh Patrick McMillen Maria Mento Stephen Merante Nicholas Molicki Mae Moukamal Anup Nadesan Cameron Oaks John (Jack) Pekor Anna Penrod Shane Prucnal Shrey Ramesh Jake Sciorilli Brooke Sherman Lila Shilling Keerthana Shriram Jim Shyu Chloe Slezak Willow Smith Ava Spinola Jaimi Stickel Hannah Stonecheck Brandon Terek Erin Thomas Charles Tragesser Sean Van Alen Max Wang Caitlin Whiteford Hannah Yan Ahmad Yaseen FRSH Proud of Four National Merit® Semifinalists F Franklin Regional Senior High School (FRSH) has four 2020 National Merit Scholarship Competition Semi-Finalists. The students receiving this honor are Manali Badwe, River Sell, Marshal Mao, and Daniel Kline. Over 1.5 million juniors from 21,000 high schools enter the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). This test serves as an initial screen for program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. The Semifinalists includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and his/ her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, as well as honors and awards received. A Semifinalist Pictured with Mr. Ron Suvak, FRSH Principal (back), are the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, from left, Manali Badwe, Marshal Mao, Daniel Kline, and River Sell. must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. MURRYSVILLE ❘ SPRING 2020 41