Garden City Recognizes 12 National Merit Commended Students

Photos courtesy of Garden City Public Schools

Garden City Public Schools is pleased to announce that 12 seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are: Alexa Andron, Bryan Boccafola, Gavin Burns, Alex Colletti, Jack Lutz, Savannah Ma, Sawyer Olson, Brandon Rosenblatt, Steven Scricca, Anastasia Shaw, Faith Short and Claudia Yu.

Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation have been honored for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2023 competition by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

“Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”