nize two Beachwood High
School seniors who qualified as
semifinalists in the 61st annual
National Merit Scholarship
Program. Bagatur Askaryan
and Junyoung Lee are two of
the 16,000 semifinalists who
qualified across the country.
These academically talented
high school seniors have an
opportunity to continue in the
competition for some 7,400 Na-
tional Merit Scholarships worth
more than $32 million that will
be offered next spring. To be
considered for a Merit Scholar-
ship® award, semifinalists must
fulfill several requirements to
advance to the finalist level of
the competition.
Junyoung's accomplishments,
nine seniors were recognized
with National Merit commen-
dations. They are: Paul Corty,
Clarissa Djohari, Henry Grasso,
Madeline Haas, Inkyu Kim,
Hannah Leland, Emily Melzak,
Simon Perilla and Srividya
Uppalapati.
competition for recognition
and scholarships that began
in 1955. High school students
enter the National Merit Pro-
gram by taking the Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test and by meeting
program entry and participa-
tion requirements. Of the 1.5
million entrants, 50,000 stu-
dents with the highest PSAT/
NMSQT Selection Index
scores qualify for recognition in
the National Merit Scholarship
Program as either a commend-
ed student or semifinalist.
ed students Paul Corty, Henry Grasso, Madeline Haas, Inkyu Kim,
Hannah Leland, Simon Perilla and SriVidya Uppalapati with Super-
intendent Bob Hardis, Dr. Ed Klein, BHS Principal, and School Board
Members Mitch Luxenburg, president; Dr. Brian Weiss, vice president;
Joshua Mintz and Steve Rosen.
Not pictured: Bagatur Askaryan, Clarissa Djohari and Emily Melzak.
I will be committed
to working for you.
Together, we will
ensure Beachwood's
future as the best
place to live, work
and play."
Janovitz for Council
Amy R Lipson, Treasurer,
26055 Hurlingham Road
Beachwood, OH 44122