Twenty-five students from the School District of Palm Beach County are among the winners of college scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
About 1.5 million high school juniors entered the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as the initial screen for program entrants. Semifinalists for the program include the highest-scoring entrants in each state. To become a finalist, semifinalists must submit an application, including their academic record, participation in school and community activities, employment and awards and honors, along with an essay and a recommendation by a high school official.
Winners from the school district include corporate-sponsored merit scholarship winners Kierstin McClintock, Atlantic High School, National Merit Motorola Solutions Scholarship; Apoorva Ravichandran, Suncoast High School, National Merit NextEra Energy Inc. Scholarship; Ambereen Siddiqui, Spanish River High School, National Merit Walgreen Co. Scholarship; Dominic Salamone, Jupiter High School, National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship; and Stephanie Weber, Suncoast High School, National Merit Siemens Scholarship.
Winners from the school district also include National Merit $2,500 Scholarship recipients John Connolly, Suncoast High School; Neeraj Patel, Park Vista High School; E’lysse Santana, Atlantic High School; Morley Wiener, Atlantic High School; and Yue Zeng, Dreyfoos School of the Arts.
College-sponsored scholarship recipient winners include Kieran Agarwal, Suncoast High School, National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship; Zachary Aaron Amrose, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Morgan Aumick, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Julia Berger, Olympic Heights High School, National Merit University of Central Florida Scholarship; Ryan Childress, Suncoast High School, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Duncan Duff-Gray, Boca Raton High School, National Merit University of Miami Scholarship; Charles Fisher, Atlantic High School, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Elise Howard, Suncoast High School, National Merit University of Central Florida Scholarship; Jessica Elena Kian, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Nicolas Kunigk, Spanish River High School, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Nicholas Ma, Suncoast High School, National Merit University of Florida Scholarship; Victoria McKee, Suncoast High School, National Merit University of Central Florida Scholarship; Carly Poloskey, Olympic Heights High School, National Merit University of Miami Scholarship; Angela Yang, Atlantic High School, National Merit Emory University Scholarship; and Davy Yue, Wellington High School, National Merit Vanderbilt University Scholarship.
