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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced today that 46 CHS seniors have qualified for National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists for 2014. These seniors will now compete for 8,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $36 million offered in the spring. The prestigious semifinalist status requires outstanding academic records throughout high school, endorsement and recommendation by students’ high school principal and a high score on the PSAT. Scholarship winners will be announced in April 2014.
Principal John Williams will address the Semifinalists and their parents at a reception on Sept. 27.
The 2014 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are as follows:
Claudia Benz
Levi Bernstein
Astha Bhargava
Jessica Chiang
Hoyoung Choe
William Elliott
Sheyenne Fishero
Katie Gao
Taylor Hathaway
Eric He
Eva Hernandez
Shelby Hiter
Yushi Homma
Claudia Huang
Anthony Ko
Rachel Krieger
Jack Langston
Charles Liang
David Liang
Noah Lybik
Yuan Ma
Sameer Manchanda
Erin Miller
Parmida Mostafavi
Julie Puckett
Kim Qian
Hafsa Razi
Zachary Schleich
Kushal Shah
Marjorie Speake
Patrick Tan
Jocelyn Tao
Ai-Ning Wang
Alice Wang
Andrew Wang
Christine Wang
Eric Wang
Zachary Wang
Kyle Weaver
Eric Wiegand
Tobias Wrammerfors
Brandon Xu
Sophia Yin
Hongda Zeng
Alyssa Zhao
Erin Zhao