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Four NA Seniors Named Members of Prestigious Class of 2016 Coca-Cola Scholars NASD is proud to announce that teams from Marshall Middle School and Ingomar Middle School claimed First Place and Third Place respectively at the 2016 Allegheny County MATHCOUNTS Competition, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society for Professional Engineers. Students Jiangfeng Chu, George Jiang, Glen Jiang and Cindy Li were members of the Marshall Middle School team that claimed First Place. Ashley Chung, Teresa Huang, Nicole McGaa and Jiaji Wang were the students from Ingomar Middle School that claimed Third Place. Jiaji Wang was also recognized as the First Place individual student in the competition. As the First Place Team and the First Place Individual, the Marshall Middle School team and Jiaji Wang will head to Harrisburg to compete in the state competition. Twenty-One NA Students Advance to Finalist State of National Merit Scholarship Competition NASD proudly announces that all 21 senior high school students named National Merit Semi-Finalists by the National Merit® Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in Sept. 2015 have advanced to the Finalist stage in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Competition. Each of the students has received a Certificate of Merit for meeting all the requirements to be named a Finalist and will be considered for National Merit Scholarships, which will be offered in the upcoming months. Finalist students are: Stephen Baime Sophia Lee Guanlin Ren Thomas Bina Sarah Luo Russell Ruffolo Joie Feng Jasmine Mahajan Keerthana Anna Iouchmanov James McGaa Samanthapudi Grace Jin Zain Mehdi Kevin Stiles Benjamin Eric Mi Andrew Xu Klingensmith Siddarth Narayan Joe Zhao Jeewon Lee Ashwin Reddy The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®)—a test which serves as an initial screen of The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has named four seniors at North Allegheny Senior High School among the prestigious class of 2016 Coca-Cola Scholars, awarding them each a $20,000 college scholarship. Grace Jin, Sophia Lee, Ashwin Reddy and Gabe Ren were selected from a national pool of more than 87,000 applicants for their superior leadership and dedication to their community. They are four of 150 high school students selected from across the United States as members of the 28th class of Coca-Cola Scholars. This year, North Allegheny Senior High School is one of just four high schools in Pennsylvania with students recognized by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, and is the only school in the nation to have more than two students named to the 2016 class. On Mar. 31, all four students joined other Coca-Cola Scholars as they traveled to Atlanta, GA., for Scholars Weekend. During this four-day weekend, the Scholars participated in a Leadership Development Institute to further develop their leadership skills, tour local landmarks, engage with former Coca-Cola Scholars and participate in a group community service project. The 2016 Class of Coca-Cola Scholars will also be the guests of honor at the 28th annual Scholars Banquet, where they will be celebrated by represent ]]