Commended Students In The National Merit Scholarship Program

L-R: National Merit Commended Students with High School Principal Hank Hardy, guidance counselors and students. Jeanne Rizzo, Hank Hardy, Andrea Tan, Valentino Wong, Greg Paltz, Alexandra Rodman, Nikhil Kothari. Alexandre Petraglia, Mike Dooley, Nick Mancusi, Natasha Khan, Jeanne Genovese, Joanne Meyer-Jendras and Jim Malone. Garden City High School Principal, Hank Hardy, has announced that Gregory Baltz, Michael Dooley, Nikhil Kothari, Nicholas Mancusi, Alexandre Petraglia, Alexandra Rodman, Andrea Tan, and Valentino Wong have been named Commended Student(s) in the 2006 National Merit® Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to his (*these) scholastically talented senior(s).

About 35,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2006 competition for Merit Scholarship” awards. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than one million students who entered the 2006 competition by taking the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

A spokesperson for the National Merit Program commented, “It is important to acknowledge the attainments of academically talented students and to credit schools for the key role they play in their development. We hope the recognition received by these able young men and women who are commended in this rigorous, nationwide competition will encourage them to take advantage of opportunities for higher education and to diligently pursue their professional goals.”