By: Sharon Aron Baron
Out of the 36 Broward County Public School students that were named semifinalists in the prestigious 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program, nine of them were from Coral Springs and Parkland high schools.
These students join approximately 16,000 students nationwide as semifinalists where National Merit Scholarship Corporation officials recognize high school seniors with the highest scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test who meet program requirements.
These semifinalists are now eligible to compete for one of 7,400 National Merit Scholarships totaling more than $32 million.
They are:
Coral Glades High School
Coral Springs High School
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Other Broward County Public School students include:
College Academy @ Broward College
Johnathan D. Libier
Jonathon Rafilovich
Jennifer M. Schell
Charles W. Flanagan High School
Matthew Barta
Calvin Fai
Ivy Li
Cooper City High School
Hannah A. Levine
Joseph M. Torres
Miramar High School
Chitra Banarjee
Navya Baranwal
Del-Roelle C. Thorpe
Nova High School
Samuel Tao
Kendra Washington
Franklin Zhang
Cypress Bay High School
Kendra S. Blandon
Zachary Friedman
Eva S. Hale
Justin A. Iannacone
Nicolas Lopez
Pratiksha Patra
Diego F. Rivera
West Broward High School
Anthony Campins
Ari P. Heyd
Hunter J. Ramo
Deerfield Beach High School
Rachel C. Godskind
Alexandra Isaly
Western High School
Meenakkshy Manoharan
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