23 seniors announced as National Merit Semifinalists
(LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP ROW TO BOTTOM ROW) seniors Pavan Nimmagadda, Gloria Hu, Mark Hancher, Alex Toney, Victoria Swart, Daria Beniash, Maria Beaucage, Anthony Popenoe, Kailin Tang, Nakul Narendran, Joseph Vaz, Peter Tosh, Yuan Zhang, Joseph Ahn, Jacob Wang, Lila Englander, William Hobart, Jonathan Weng, Won Choi, Shannon Thomas, Elizabeth Sheetz, Megan Jiang, Allison Rogge, and Katherine Steinberg.
September 10, 2014
For the eighteenth year in a row, SHS has the most National Merit Semifinalists in Ohio. The National Merit Scholarship Program recognizes students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability based on their performance on the PSAT taken during the junior year.
Seniors Joseph Ahn, Maria Beaucage, Daria Beniash, Won Choi, Lila Englander, Mark Hancher, William Hobart, Gloria Hu, Megan Jiang, Nakul Narendran, Pavan Nimmagadda, Allison Rogge, Elizabeth Sheetz, Katherine Steinberg, Victoria Swart, Kailin Tang, Shannon Thomas, Alex Toney, Peter Tosh, Joseph Vaz, Jacob Wang, Jonathan Weng, and Yuan Zhang were all recognized.
Senior Anthony Popenoe was honored with the National Achievement Scholarship Program for black students.
![THAT’S SO FETCH. “Mean Girls,” a popular film directed by Mark Waters features a new student, Cady Heron, who is bullied by the popular students. During the movie, she undergoes friendship and bullying problems. But, by the end of the movie, she solves her problems and makes peace with the bullies. “Almost everyone has watched [“Mean Girls”] once, if not a couple times. It is just a go-to when you’re with your girls,” said Debasmita Kanungo, 11.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/weissblogmeangirlsphoto-300x424.jpg)
