Orange County Public Schools is celebrating 33 seniors from 11 OCPS high schools chosen as semifinalists for the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. The students listed below were among more than 1.5 million juniors in an estimated 21,000 high schools who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last year and met program participation requirements.
| BOONE |
OLYMPIA |
WEST ORANGE |
| John Slauter
|
Lleyton Elliott |
Evan Dodge |
| Abigail Stelmashenko
|
Hui Ouyang |
WINDERMERE |
| COLONIAL |
Ishaan Patel |
Eshaan Dosani |
| Daniel Moraes |
Jacob Sheldon |
Isabel Johnson |
| DR. PHILLIPS |
Ethan Thomas |
Joseph Thompson |
| Sara Belal |
TIMBER CREEK |
WINTER PARK |
| Simran Ghulldu
|
Diego Barros |
Cain Cervenka |
| Melanie Vazquez-Arroyo |
Brian Goldberg |
Jordan Gebaide |
| LAKE NONA |
Gregory Kane |
Gillen Manos |
| Haejean Kwun |
Daniel Lee |
Adam Maulfair |
| Kieran McInerney |
Olivia Packham |
Leilina Patel |
| Gabriel Ventura |
Dat Tran |
Chung To |
| OAK RIDGE |
UNIVERSITY |
Everett Vasquez |
| Anthony Torres |
Chloe Van Horn |
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These seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for one of the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships available. To advance as a finalist, the semifinalists and their high school must submit a detailed scholarship application proving academic and leadership abilities throughout high school. Finalist names will be announced beginning in the spring of 2021.
Program information is can be found on the National Merit Scholarship Corporation page.
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