Eric Avellone, a senior at Sanford H. Calhoun High School, was named a National Merit finalist. Avellone and Helena Fu of Wellington C. Mepham High School were named semifinalists earlier in the school year.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Approximately 15,000 students of the 1.5 million juniors who entered qualified as finalists.
NMSC will later notify Avellone if he is one of approximately 7,500 finalists that they have been selected to receive a Merit Scholarship, corporate or college-sponsored monetary award.
Photo caption: Calhoun’s Eric Avellone was named a National Merit finalist.
Photo courtesy of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
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