Plainview-Old Bethpage Seniors Named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program
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Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School is excited to celebrate 33 members of the Class of 2027 who have been recognized as Commended Students in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The recognized students are Connor Bartling, Jacob Bogin, Brady Bornstein, Matthew Cao, Leonzio Cataldo, Jayden Chun, Navin Dutta, Julia Han, Anson Huang, Hailey Hwang, Lucas Jin, Alicia Kong, Olivia Lambot, Jacob Lee, Mara Levine, RuJin Li, Dennis Lim, Sharon Lim, Ada Liu, Andrew Ma, Tamar Mataraso, Jacob Melniker, Aaron Newman, Samantha Peace, Brandon Seo, Samairah Shah, Kyle Wang, Alana Wolf, Nahum Yoo, Jamie Yoon, Davida Yousian, Austin Yuu and Zhiqian Zhang.
This distinction recognizes students who demonstrated exceptional performance on the 2026 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program, approximately 34,000 were selected as Commended Students. The recognition places these POB seniors among a select group of students nationwide whose academic accomplishments earned them national distinction.
The District would like to congratulate these outstanding seniors on this impressive achievement.