Twenty-four Fairfax HS students have been named National Merit Commended Scholars by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). In recognition of their outstanding ability and potential for academic success in college, NMSC will honor these students by sending Letters of Commendation to them through their high schools.
The FHS students recognized as National Merit Commended Scholars are:
Yousif Al Atbi, Siya Batra, Ainsley Buice, Kyle Cheung, William Choi, Thomas Cothran, Soham Dash, Benjamin Deadman, Kayden Eishen, Jeremiah Falke, Zane Geadah, Fatima Haddi, Rehan Hashimi, Johann Jose, Aaron Khal, Alicia Lee, Joshua Lee, Asha Lowery, Gauri Manocha, Oliver Mishak, Katherine Pascual, Shreyhaan Sarkar, Christopher Sung, and Vy Tran.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition among high school students for recognition and college scholarships that began in 1955. The program is conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®), a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. United States high school students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which serves as an initial screen of over 1.3 million entrants each year, and by meeting published program entry and participation requirements.
(Note: Students who have a signed opt-out form on file are not listed.)