62 Wayne Students Recognized For Academic Achievements

WAYNE, NJ – Sixty-two students were recently recognized by the Wayne Board of Education for their achievements with the National Merit and Advanced Placement Scholarship Program.

The semi-finalists for Wayne Hills and Wayne Valley high schools were announced in October and include approximately 16,000 high-school seniors that will go on to compete for the scholarships that will be offered next spring.

According to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Program, over 90 percent of the semi-finalists will be named as finalists for the scholarship. Of those finalists, about half will win a scholarship.

School Board President Michael Bubba congratulated the students and their parents for their impressive achievements.

Bubba also said,"I want to thank all of the students for a job well done, also the parents because students do not achieve at this level without parental involvement. And let's not forget the teachers who started with these students from kindergarten all the way through. Congratulations again!"

More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the semi-finalists represent less than 1 percent of all high-school seniors in the U.S. For each state, the number of semi-finalists is proportional to that state's percentage of the total graduating seniors in the country.

To become a finalist, the program explains that students and a high-school official must submit a detailed application. The application must contain information about a student's academic record, leadership abilities, the honors and awards they've received and more.

Students will find out in February whether they make it to the finalist stage. The scholarship winners will be announced beginning in April 2020.

Wayne Hills High School National Merit Scholars Recognition

Commended Students

• Jenna Boguslavsky
• Nathaniel Esser
• Xinyi He
• Jihyun Paik
• Joseph Palethu
• Sorah Park
• Stella Park
• Derek Pepple
• Justin Reicher
• Angela Reyzelman

AP Scholar With Distinction

• Jenna Boguslavsky
• Kyla Gallipoli
• Xinyi He
• Hope Lee
• Joseph Palethu
• Sorah Park
• Stella Park
• Brian Reicher
• Justin Reicher
• Angela Reyzelman
• Kaushik Tallam
• Sheena Yun

AP Scholar With Honor

• Rachel Ahn
• Nathaniel Esser
• Jihyun Paik
• Derek Pepple

AP Scholar

• Jeffrey Angello
• Adam Choe
• Julia Chrisbacher
• Karen Dahdouh
• Andrew Ginart
• Emma Hogan
• Shawn Joo
• Christina Jung
• Zenon Kochanowsky
• Laura Lassen
• Adriana Osella
• Yazan Sanadiki
• Alexander Vallarta
• Rick Wallert
• Brook Zeleke

National Hispanic Recognition

• Ian Bregman
• Andrew Ginart

Wayne Valley High School National Merit Scholars Recognition

Commended Students

• lunna Cua
• Arya Naik
• Kathryn Sponenburg
• Christopher Tu

AP Scholars

• Carly Beilis
• Robert Brandl
• Ivan Filimonov
• Erin McDermott
• Heather Meyer
• William Michels
• Holden Morelli
• Sophia Prossilis
• Kelly Reynolds
• Hope Romain
• Musa Shams
• Felicia Shechtman

AP Scholars with Honor

• Emily Barbera
• Daniel Craig
• Halle Katz
• Farooq Khan
• Cristina Lucchesi
• Erin Matthews
• Arya Naik
• Devin Shin
• Dillon Shin
• Kathryn Sponenburg

AP Scholars with Distinction

• Lunna Cua
• Abigail Elkin
• Kevin Feeney
• Hrushi Mewada
• Tasneem Pathan
• Andrew Paul
• Christopher Roedel
• Christoper Tu