FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2001
For the second consecutive year, a record number of Madison School District students - 58 -- has qualified as semifinalists in the competition for 2002 National Merit Scholarship Awards.
The previous record number was 56 students named last year. Two years ago there were 47 semifinalists from Madison, while four years ago there were 38.
"We salute the students, parents and families for the extremely hard work it takes over a long period of time to earn this honor," said Superintendent Art Rainwater. "We are proud that our teachers and other school staff could contribute to their success."
Semifinalists must meet academic and other standards to advance to the finalist level and consideration for college undergraduate scholarships.
Madison's semifinalists include: Peter Bartosch, Nathaniel Brown and Elliot Haag from La Follette High School; Quinn Arntsen, Cynthia Burnson, Elizabeth Fahrlander, Timothy Greenman, Rowan Hendrick, Erin McMahan, Seth Meyer, Benjamin Moderson-Kox, Theodore Riese and Brian Sanders from East High School; Douglas Allen, Laura Bernstein, Martha Boatright, Maria Boncyk, Julie Boser, Holly Butters, Emily Carpenter, Anna Dahl, Liana Dalton, Douglas Detert, Mike He, Yi-Chen Huang, Zachary Kaiser, Carissa Meyer, Liana Prescott, Neha Sheth, Abraham Sorber, Benjamin Sulman, Jonathan Sulman, Wing-Hei Tang and David Tsui from Memorial High School; and Rodrigo Adem, Samuel Austin, Samantha Bennett, Katherine Bulgrin, Sam Catlett-Sirchio, Lyric Chen, Daniel Cullenward, Maxwell Dickey, Matt Gajewski, Julia Gallagher, Adam Holt, Anna Jackson, Li Lin, Kristen Lindroth, Chris Moore, Annie Sanders, Jenni Staley, Jeffrey Stanek, Sandra Sulzer, Kate Thornbery, Peter Thurlow, Elizabeth Walgenbach, Andrew Weiner and Veronika Zeppenfeld from West High School.
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