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Shaker Heights High Leads Ohio Public Schools in National Merit and National Achievement Scholars SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio, September 28, 1998 – Forty-seven members of the Shaker Heights High School Class of 1998 have earned honors from the National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholarship Programs, once again placing Shaker first among Ohio public schools in these prestigious national competitions. More than one million high school students throughout the United States took the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) in October 1997 and entered the 1999 Merit Program. Approximately 15,500 of the nation’s top performers were named Semifinalists on a state representational basis. They will have an opportunity to advance to the 1999 Merit Scholarship Competition. An additional 34,500 high performers were named National Merit Commended Students on the basis of high PSAT scores. Although not eligible for the Merit Scholarships, the Commended Students are considered excellent prospects for selective institutions of higher education. For the sixth consecutive year, Shaker Heights High School led Ohio public schools in the number of National Merit Semifinalists named. The National Achievement Program recognizes the nation’s 1,500 top African-American seniors as Semifinalists and selects Commended Students as well. This year, Shaker Heights has more National Achievement Semifinalists than any other Ohio school, public or private. The newer National Hispanic Scholarship Program names just one group of scholars. The following students have received one or more honors through these national programs: Judah Ariel, National Merit Commended Student; Allison J. Artman, National Achievement Semifinalist and National Merit Semifinalist; Elyssa J. Auster, National Hispanic Scholar; Laura I. Bonem, National Merit Commended Student; Cullen R. Buie, National Achievement Semifinalist and National Merit Commended Student; Soren A. Burns, National Merit Semifinalist; Kamilah Butler, National Achievement Commended Student; Jason Callahan, National Achievement Commended Student. Zachary A. Davis, National Merit Semifinalist; Kelley M. Dean, National Achievement Semifinalist; Daniel R. Deming, National Merit Semifinalist; Lauren Dietrich, National Merit Semifinalist; Najah Farley, National Achievement Commended Student; Lewis T. Farmer, National Merit Commended Student; Daniel L. Gattozzi, National Merit Commended Student; Lisa A. Glazer, National Merit Semifinalist; Katharine C. Goheen, National Merit Semifinalist; Nora P. Gordon, National Merit Commended Student. Candace Hamilton, National Achievement Commended Student; John S. Hogg, National Merit Semifinalist; Koto Ishida, National Merit Commended Student; Devony Jackson, National Achievement Commended Student; Lindsey Jameson, National Merit Semifinalist; Jennifer Jones, National Achievement Commended Student; David Kent, National Merit Commended Student; Abraham R. Kinkopf, National Merit Semifinalist; Jeffrey P. Klug, National Merit Semifinalist; Chris D. Koler, National Merit Semifinalist; Jeannine B. LaGuardia, National Merit Commended Student; Michael S. Lee, National Merit Semifinalist. Djenaba K. Lewis, National Achievement Semifinalist and National Merit Commended Student; Landon Lockhart, National Achievement Commended Student; Benjamin G. Madorsky, National Merit Semifinalist; Michael McDermott, National Achievement Commended Student; Peter Morgenstern-Clarren, National Merit Semifinalist; Alan H. Murphy, National Merit Semifinalist. Meghann Okin, National Merit Commended Student; David Pearson, National Merit Commended Student; Josiah D. Quarles, National Achievement Semifinalist; Chalana Reeves, National Achievement Commended Student; Kira M. Ribar, National Merit Commended Student; Jonah H. Schein, National Merit Commended Student; Carolyn E. Shook, National Merit Semifinalist and National Hispanic Scholar; Sara K. Stuhan, National Merit Semifinalist; Erin R. Whitehouse, National Merit Commended Student; Marc S. Wood, National Merit Semifinalist; and Xin Xiaowen, National Merit Semifinalist.
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