Scott Harvey-Arnold of Amherst Regional High School has been named a semi-finalist in the 2017 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards.
Other ARHS students were named commended students. Although they will not continue on in the competition, they placed among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who participated.
They are: Mercer Blanchard, Abigail Helzer, Maxwell Hopley, Samantha Klein, Amy-Mei Lynch, Emma Mack, Delia McHale, Maria Mountziaris, Patrick O’Connell, Jonah Weinbaum, Nathaniel Weinberg.
Abigail Illingsworth has begun her veterinary studies at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. She was accepted by Tufts during her sophomore year at the University of Massachusetts and graduated after her junior year there.
Sage S. Bailin has enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Bailin is a graduate of Amherst Regional High School and is the son of Paul Bailin and Brigitta Sebesta of Amherst.
The following local students were named to the GCC president’s list during the summer term.
Amherst: Escobar Ubaldo, James T. Hokonya, Tenzin Nyima, Mahendra Sapkota, Brian J. Shermeta, Tadea Klein, Jordan T. Milone
Conway: Amy Baker
Deerfield: Colman Culver
Easthampton: Andrew Dagarin
Hadley: Robert Catlin
South Deerfield: Matthew Ackerman, Nicholas Lemay, Levi Owens
Sunderland: Deba McEnaney
The following local students were named to the GCC dean’s list during the summer term.
Amherst: Carys Anna Lamberg
Belchertown: Oliver Walz
Hadley: Darlene Sadlowski
South Deerfield: Kayla Gilmore
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