74 seniors named Merit Scholarship semifinalists
Advertiser Staff
Seventy-four Hawai'i high school seniors have qualified as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
They are among 16,000 nationwide who have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 8,000 Merit Scholarship awards, worth more than $32 million, that will be offered next spring.
To qualify as semifinalists, high school seniors take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in October of their junior year. Semifinalists represent the top 1 percent of each state's high school graduating class.
At Iolani School, 28 seniors qualified as semifinalists. Punahou School had the second-highest number of semifinalists, with 15.
The following Hawai'i seniors are 2004 semifinalists:
'Aiea High: Jessica Kubo; Baldwin High: Maiko Arashiro; Education Laboratory School: Kurt Cefra, Mychal Okuhara; Hawai'i Preparatory Academy: Aimee Clark, Scott Torborg; Homeschool students: Jonathan Engel in Honolulu, Rachel Jahraus in Hilo, David Lavender in Kamuela.
Iolani School: Robyn Aoki, Colin Barrett, Ashley Dionisio, Mark Eckert, Isaac Ickes, Elliott Inamasu, Katherine Jaress, Chong Jin, Brad Kamitaki, David Kobayashi, Ryan Lau, Jeffrey Lawi, Stephanie Le, Ryam Lee, Janelle Lum, Erina Matsumoto, Kelly Nakamura, Stephanie Ng, Ryan O'Tsuka, Carol Pham, Alexander Ratte, Stella Shimamoto, Alexa Stottlemyer, James Street, Melissa Woods, Jessica Yang, Jaryd Yee, Michael Yoshimi.
Kalaheo High: Patrick Nakagawa; Kalani High: Jandi Iha; Kamehameha Schools: Daniel Lee, Jennarae Lee, Emi Manuia, Nicholas Seitz; Kealakehe High: Katrina Schonberg-Hamar; La Pietra-Hawai'i School for Girls: Kyla Kitamura, Ellery Royston; Maryknoll High: Brian Klein; McKinley High: Allison Uchima; Mid-Pacific Institute: Derek Fujio; Moanalua High: Joy Kim, Jennifer Lee, Meghann Panagsagan.
Punahou School: Janet Burns, Christopher Chapman, Catherine Davis, Justin Furuta, Tyler Gold, Lauren Grattan, William Jacobson, Darek Kawamoto, Jane Kelley, Samuel Kim, Edward Lam, Justin Lo, Christopher Schmicker, Michael Tom, Brandon Yoshimoto; Roosevelt High: Mariko Kotani, Samuel Lee; Seabury Hall: Lundie Fleming, Mallory James, William Meyer; St. Joseph High: Katherine Proctor; Waimea High: Collin Dana.
