Congratulations to six Garden City High School students for achieving 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student status (back row, left to right): Abigail Hepworth, Gregory Butler, MaryJo Kramer, pictured here with high school Principal Nanine Cuttitta, and (front row, left to right): Alison Heuser, Elizabeth Slattery and Elizabeth Gurskis.

These National Merit Scholarship Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition and have demonstrated outstanding academic potential by their strong performance in this highly competitive program.