Twelve Tabor Students Earn National Merit Scholarship Recognition

Each fall, over 1.3 million high school students around the country take the Preliminary SAT (PSAT), which also functions as the National Merit® Scholarship Qualifying Test. The top scorers are recognized in the National Merit Scholarship Program the following year for their outstanding performance on the PSAT.

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, Head of School Tony Jaccaci and Dean of Academics Christina Kennedy, honored 12 seniors who have been named a Commended Student in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. The following Seawolves make up the top three percent of all test-takers nationwide.

Congratulations to:

• Taegyun “Alex” Cheon ’24
• Wanqing “Effie” Gao ’24
• Curtis Johnson ’24
• Xiaozheng “Harry” Liu ’24
• Yu “Celina” Lu ’24
• Elizabeth “Lizzie” Simmons ’24
• Vincent “Vince” Suh ’24
• Kentaro “Ken” Suzuki ’24
• Huiyi “Ariana” Wen ’24
• Ruilin “Richard” Ye ’24
• YuanLin “Ivana” Zhang ’24

A special congratulations to Enqi “Mark” Ma ’24 for being recognized as a Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Competition, representing the top 1% of the nation’s highest high school seniors.