Twenty-two Darien High School seniors have been named commended students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program, the school recently announced.
— an announcement from Darien High School
Principal, Ellen Dunn and Director of School Counseling Cathy Oster presented each of these scholastically talented seniors with a letter of commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise.
These are the 22 students:
Jacob Abraham, Ian Bozzuto, Claire Chan, James Coe, Matthew DelVecchio, Brady Eldredge, Tristha Fernandes, Christopher Finnegan, Joseph Hill, James Hoffman, Nathan Hu, Brandon Kuo, Kellan Leonard, Michael Lin, Katharine Massey, Rithik Melwani, Anna Qin, Sean Roberts, Madeline Smaldon, Flynn Sullivan, Ryan Xing and Selen Yasanliel.
Photo by Maria Farren
Darien High’s 22 commended scholars for the Class of 2026: FRONT ROW from left: James Hoffman, Claire Chan, Selen Yasanliel, Joseph Hill, Nathan Hu SECOND ROW, from left: Ryan Xing, Jacob Abraham, Katharine Massey, Tristha Fernandes, Matthew DelVecchio THIRD ROW, from left: Michael Lin, Brandon Kuo, Anna Qin, Madeline Smaldon, Brady Eldredge, Back row l-r: Sean Roberts, Christopher Finnegan, James Coe, Rithik Melwani, Flynn Sullivan, Kellan Leonard, Ian Bozzuto