Class of 2018 National Merit Honorees

St. Stephen’s Episcopal School is pleased to announce the members of the Class of 2018 who have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. for their strong academic performance on the October 2016 PSAT. Among them, six seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists, 11 were honored as Commended students, and two were named National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees.
 
St. Stephen’s National Merit Semifinalists include Sophie Guess, Hayden Mast, Cat Orman, Austin Raven, Harry Sage and Eloise Thompson. These seniors have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring.
 
The school’s National Merit Commended students include Madeline Casas, Henry Colangelo, Taylor Francis, Natalia Gutierrez, Lindsey Hentschel, Sofia Hsu, Jack McClish, Ava Mouton-Johnston, Robert Quinn, Ellie Schlesinger and Natalee Weis. These students placed among the top 5 percent of the more than 1.6 million students who entered the competition. 

In addition, seniors Madeline Casas and Thomas Waugh were named National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees. Each year NHRP recognizes the highest scoring Hispanic/Latino students nationwide from among those Hispanic/Latino juniors who took the PSAT last fall.
 
“The school community joins me in congratulating these seniors for their great academic achievements,” said Head of School Christopher L. Gunnin. “Not only are members of the school’s senior class great scholars, they are terrific athletes and teammates, active members of student government and campus clubs, fine musicians and artists, supportive roommates and great friends. Like so many St. Stephen’s students, our senior honorees live into the school’s longstanding mission to develop students who celebrate campus diversity, support each other’s creativity and talents, and rejoice in our community’s shared vision for a more innovative, compassionate and just world.”
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