Cristina DeMeo, Nathan Krackeler, Lily Rosan, and Julian Silva-Forbes have been named as National Merit Semifinalists. The students entered the program by taking the Preliminary SAT Test (PSAT) during their junior year at Saratoga Springs High School. Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 PSAT. Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, include the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Semifinalists have the opportunity to compete in the National Merit Scholarship competition.
In addition, Jonathan D’Alonzo, Jackson Ellnor, Wesley Griffiths, Kara Hausam, Ava Herzog, Nicholas Leanza, Joseph Mergen, Joseph Prostick, Jason Schwartz, Vania Sih, Alexander Ucci, and Jason Zheng have been named as Commended Students in the National Merit program. Commended Students are also recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying test.