Mr. Jeffrey Swanson, Principal Roxbury High School, announced that Moqian Chen, Richard M. Kunz and Josh Xu have been named Commended Students in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the high school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2007 competition for Merit Scholarship® awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.4 million students who entered the 2007 competition by taking the 2005 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).
Helen Chen and Richard Eldridge have been honored as semi finalists in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Competition. Jemima Akinsanya was selected as a National Achievement Program Participant Referred to Colleges. Christopher Coraggio was selected for the 2006-2007 National Hispanic Recognition Program.
“Recognition of academically talented students and the key role played by schools in their development is essential to the pursuit of educational excellence in our nation,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “The young people being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding academic potential by their strong performance in this highly competitive program. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and that they will continue to pursue scholastic excellence.”