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15 From Darien High School Named ‘Commended Students’ by National Merit Scholarship Program

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Fifteen Darien High School students have been named “commended students” by the National Merit Scholarship Program, the high school announced on Wednesday. Here’s the announcement:
Ellen Dunn, Principal of Darien High School, announced today that the following students have been named “commended students” in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program:
Kerry Blatney, Abigail Cragin, Tighe Ekern, Maxwell Gasvoda, Oliver Knight, William Krueger, Brooke Murphy-Petri, Emily Neuner, Kara O’Rourke, Griffin Ott, Clare Phelps, Nicholas Servas, Ari Singer-Freeman, Rory Washecka, and William Wilson. A letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by Mrs. Dunn to these scholastically talented seniors. Approximately 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2018 competition for Merit Scholarship awards, commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

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Three Darien Students Named National Merit Scholarship Winners

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Two Darien High School students and another Darien student attending Greenwich Academy have been awarded $2,500 each for college tuition, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced. These Darien students’ scholarships were just announced:

Katherine Du — Greenwich Academy student — probable career field: undecided
Mila E. Escajadillo — Darien High School — probable career field: business
William T. Russell — Darien High School — probable career field: aerospace engineering

Scholarships were announced for a total of 33 students from Connecticut. Some National Merit Scholarships are financed by outside donors, often businesses, but all of the Darien students’ scholarships were financed directly from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds, as were all but two of the Connecticut awards. The Darien students are among 2,500 scholarship winners announced Tuesday by the group, which announces each year’s winners at different times. Some scholarship winners were announced on April 19, and more winners are expected to be announced on June 7 and July 17.