Irvington High School seniors Henry Demarest and Nicholas Papapanou, Ossining High School senior Nicholas Tukuru, Ossining resident and Stepinac High School senior Nick DeSanctis, Briarcliff High School Seniors Harrison Beckler, Aman Choudhri, Ari Mirsky, Jack Sendek, and Eve Tanios, and Walter Panas High School senior Vaishali Miriyagalla are among 15,000 students nationwide who were named finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The National Merit Scholarship program honors students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
The students represent less than 1% of seniors who earn some of the highest scores on the qualifying test.
The program will award approximately 7,500 scholarships worth more than $30 million. National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced this month.