School Notes

TRIANGLE

NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS: More than 299 students in Triangle high schools were named 2009 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.

The program honors individual high school students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

The semifinalists, by the town their school is in, are:

APEX

APEX HIGH: Lewis A. McAlister, Michael S. Nokes, Nicholas S. Stidham.

HOME SCHOOL: William D. Allen

MIDDLE CREEK HIGH: Sarah Philips, John M. Turner.

CARRBORO

CARRBORO HIGH: Erin K. Harrington, Jonathan S. Kylstra, Julianne B. Ragland.

CARY

CARY ACADEMY: Alexander Arey, Therice A. Morris, Joshua S. Orol, John L. Peebles, Sonja M. Thalheimer, Nathaniel H. Ting.

CARY HIGH: Nicholas L. Allen, Quinn N. Bajorek.

GREEN HOPE HIGH: Sean M. Bartell, Jennifer K. Fredette, Austin B. Gilmore, Brinda Monian, Gabriel D. Reynolds, Syed S. Saleh, Cheryl L. Schlitter, Andrew G. Wang.

PANTHER CREEK HIGH: Mohammad S. Agha, Lauren A. Dixon, Rebecca Y. Liu, James Longley, Brighid M. Milan, Courtney J. Musciano, John T. Primm, Kyle A. Rogacki.

CHAPEL HILL

CHAPEL HILL HIGH: Sarah E. Anderson, Mary Ann N. Anstine, Julie S. Crimmins, Robert C. Gollmar, Mariana E. Hernandez, Andrew C. Hertzberg, Erin O. Humphries, Sara L. Outing, Ranjit A. Poonnen, Ellen B. Porter, Maria A. van Aalst, Megan E. Westman.

EAST CHAPEL HILL HIGH: Alexander Bacanu, Tyler Bench, Isabel L. Blue, Hannah E. Flake, Jennifer J. Huang, Bernard B. Jiang, Wujun Ke, Arthur S. Kim, Rebecca R. Lange, Rachel Liao, Charmaine P. Mutucumarana, Preetha Nandi, Thomas W. Price, Millie B. Rosen, Carter Ruff, Alan M. Toda-Ambaras.

WOODS CHARTER: Joshua W. Brooks, Patrick G. Moseby.

CLAYTON

CLAYTON HIGH: Larissa K. Musgrave.

DURHAM

CAROLINA FRIENDS: Dru Marion.

DURHAM ACADEMY: Margaret E. Anderson, Laurel E. Burke, Nicholas J. Cariello, Zachary M. Cohen, Devin R. Drewry, Peter T. Gudaitis, Bryan P. Jadot, Jim M. Mallernee.

SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: Kenny Phelps-McKeown, Tristan M. Szeremi.

HOME SCHOOL: Rebecca P. Strider.

JORDAN HIGH: Vera M. Cecelski, Benjamin K. Clark, Samuel D. Jamieson-Drake, Shawn A. Morgenlander, Austin D. Neeley.

N.C. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH: Kevin A. Applegate, Evan B. Baker, Priya Balagopal, Evan M. Bluhm, Sam B. Brown, Nina S. Bryce, William T. Burgo, Catherine Cannon, Lina M. Carballo, Jessica E. Chung, Jason C. Cockrell, Adam C. Collins, William E. Condon, Taylor M. Courier, Kyle R. Erkes, Royce Y. Feng, Joseph M. Frazier, Alexandra J. French, William K. Funkhouser, Andrew Y. Guo, Joseph A. Hartsell, David Hong, Eli Hornstein, Robert Z. Howell, Amelia J. Hruby, Eileen K. Jang, Lynne E. Jones, Jan D. Jorgensen, Emily R. Keefer, Michelle C. Kuei, Yurhee G. Lee, Kevin K. Li, Erik Littleton, Ancheng Liu, Danyang Liu, Wenli Liu, Jose F. Lopez, Corey E. McClintock, Cassandra D. McGuire, Marja E. Mundy, Davis J. Nelson, Katherine H. Norris, Lucy M. Owen, Ashwin B. Peres-da-Silva, Vidie Pong, April H. Pullium, Kalyan C. Rao, Henry F. Roseman, Clark N. Sanford, Rosemary L. Shay, Parris M. Smallwood, Erik H. Thiede, Yevgen V. Vasko, Wesley J. Verne, Cindy X. Wei, Sajith M. Wickramasekara, Sarah E. Wright, Sam B. Wu, Haoming Xu, Limin Xu, Xingjian Yan, Darren F. Zhu, Peter Y. Zhu.

NORTHERN HIGH: Daniel Jack Frush.

RIVERSIDE HIGH: Dylan J. Britt.

FUQUAY-VARINA

FUQUAY-VARINA HIGH: Taylor F. Allison.

HILLSBOROUGH

CEDAR RIDGE HIGH: John P. Ferry, Caleb B. Johnson, Nadia C. Nasir, Courtney C. Tye.

HOME SCHOOL: Zachary M. Smith.

PRINCETON

PRINCETON HIGH: Olivia A. Booker.

RALEIGH

BROUGHTON HIGH: Tyler A. Confrey-Maloney, Jonathan H. Edwards, Jordan A. Jones, Zachary A. Martin, Matthew S. Wiesner.

ENLOE HIGH: Laura C. Buff, Michael I. Chen, Hannah E. Darst, Pradeep B. Gopinathan, Ellis E. Gyongyos, Ian M. Harwood, Sarah N. Lineberry, Lilly Y. Liu, Alexander M. Madsen, Rachel E. Mazzara, Emily R. Myers, Rachel C. Rowe, Alexandria H. Snedeker, Bao M. Tran-Phu, Alexey A. Vasilyev, Daniel R. Vitek, Anna S. Wormsbecher, Diana L. Xie.

CARDINAL GIBBONS HIGH: Adrienne M. Friesen, Catherine B. Smith.

LEESVILLE ROAD HIGH: Cody A. Hitchcock.

RALEIGH CHARTER HIGH: Margaret S. Barrow, Kyle T. Bulkley, Scott D. Cain, James O. Choi, Amanda M. Cole, Christine H. Diepenbrock, Samuel M. Fatool, Paul F. Linton, Anna E. Springfield, Lindsay C. Wise.

RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL: Jacob R. Gardner, Jack D. Greenberg, Sarah F. Vanname, Victor T. Warren.

SANDERSON HIGH: Scott E. Herrmann, Margaret Pennisi, Dean S. Pixton.

SOUTHEAST RALEIGH HIGH: Christopher Kao, Kyle M. Swartz.

ST. MARY'S HIGH: Rachel A. Dam, Kendall E. Pletcher.

WAKE FOREST

FRANKLIN ACADEMY: Jacob A. Bender, Michael J. Mazzoleni.

HOME SCHOOL: Jeremiah T. Coogan.