Front row, from left: Conor Sweeney, Dana Schmohl, Colin Mimnaugh, High School Principal Hank Hardy, Juliana Thorstenn, Kelly Madigan and Chris Frommann. Back row, from left: Joe Kasnicki, Guidance Counselor Jeanne Genovese, Alex Gallo, Guidance Counselor Patrick Doyle, Jason Butler, Peter Kelly, Guidance Counselor Jim Malone, Alexandra Ortego and Guidance Counselor Joanne Meyer-Jendras. Missing from photo: Max Brown. Garden City High School Principal Hank J. Hardy recently announced that Max Brown, Jason Butler, Christopher Frommann, Alexander Gallo, Joseph Kasnicki, Peter Kelly, Kelly Madigan, Colin Mimnaugh, Alexandra Ortego, Dana Schmohl, Conor Sweeney and Juliana Thorstenn have been named Commended Students in the 2005 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.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2005 competition for Merit Scholarship® awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than one million students who entered the 2005 competition by taking the 2003 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

“The young men and women named Commended Students in the 2005 National Merit Program have exhibited an outstanding academic performance for which they are being honored,” commented a spokesperson for National Merit Scholarship Corporation. “We hope that the recognition received by these scholastically talented students will encourage them to take advantage of opportunities for the continued pursuit of excellence. The nation will benefit from the full development of this valuable intellectual resource.”

Congratulations to all the Commended Students on this outstanding achievement.