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22 High School Seniors Named Commended Students

More than a dozen seniors at POBJFK High School were recognized in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Twenty-two Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Twenty-two Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. (Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District)

PLAINVIEW, NY — Twenty-two Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School students have been named Commended Students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

These seniors were recognized for their performance on the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

They earned the title by placing among the top 50,000 scorers out of the more than 1.3 million students who entered the competition.

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The students who have been named Commended Students from POBJFK High School:

  • Udayjot Bhullar
  • Isaac Chen
  • Riya Dalal
  • Katelyn DeLuca
  • Nanda Guntupalli
  • Kloe Kaplan
  • Olivia Kim
  • Jack Koppelman
  • Juee Kotwal
  • Daniel Lee
  • Madison Lee
  • Grace Lu
  • Dhruv Maheshwari
  • Pranav Mohankumar
  • Anthony Moratti
  • Yamato Ohashi
  • Maria Rountos
  • Matilda Saltiel
  • Rushabh Sanghvi
  • Mingshen Shi
  • Maya Stromer
  • Michael Zuckerman

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