Four WTHS Seniors Named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program
Four Washington Township High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program, WTHS Principal Jonathan Strout announced today.
Aaron Levan, Tanzila Morshed, Nicholas Segal and Shreenithi Venkataraman are among 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2019 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the competition by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
“The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” an NMSC spokesperson said. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”
Washington Township High School’s Commended Students are pictured with their school counselors (left to right): WTHS school counselor Fran Mulvihill, Aaron Levan, Nicholas Segal, school counselor Karin Carpenter Tanzila Morshed, Shreenithi Venkataraman and school counselor Judy Nelson.