2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended students and Semi-Finalists
November 14, 2008
Commended students at South High School included Emily S. Chang, Katherine Fong, Lucas K. Hahn, Sol Han, Josephine E. Ho, Andrew J. Hong, Charisma F. Hooda, Christina E. Kang, Ray Y. Kim, Veronica N. Kraft, Bradley Moylan, Rose E. Reida, Neelofer I. Shaikh, Yulie Suzuki, Susie R. Yoon, and Daniel L. Yu.
The Commended students at Torrance High School were Jason Chen, Pengfei Chen, Yoon Seok Chung, Natasha Huey, Christine Lee and James Green. Torrance High also had six students make it to the next round as Semi-Finalists; Sung-Min Chang, Brian Gnerre, Jennifer Lee, Daniel Naphas, Aaron Sung, and Justin Hong.
“Recognition of academically talented students and the key role played by schools in their development is essential to the pursuit of educational excellence in our nation,“ commented a spokesperson for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. For information on National Merit Scholarship programs, please visit their website at www.nationalmerit.org.
