45 students honored for academic achievement

Humble ISD has 45 high school students who were recently recognized for their outstanding academic achievement by The National Merit Scholarship Program and National Hispanic Recognition Program. Eleven students from Humble ISD were named National Merit Finalists. These students rank in the top one percent of the nation’s high school seniors. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Forty-five Humble ISD high school students were recently recognized for their outstanding academic achievement by The National Merit Scholarship Program and National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Eleven students from Humble ISD were named National Merit Finalists: Carolyn Martin and Albert Truong from Atascocita High School; Ricardo Cotte, Matthew Doan, Hannah Lam, Benjamin Litchfield, Kirsten Refvik, Samantha Refvik, William Riley and Eric Sun from Kingwood High School; and Tessa Young from Kingwood Park High School. These students rank in the top one percent of the nation’s high school seniors.

National Merit Commended Scholars included: Zachary Alexander, Thomas Allison, Mary Barney, Cooper Bishop, Parker Coogan, Justin Davis, Gregory Dorgant, Julianne Dugas, Madeline Gay, Emily Gryce, Stephen King, Justin Lin, David Morejon, Katherine Polkinghorne, Iuliana Popa, Emme Pratt, Kayla Russell, Brian Saydyk, Nichole Walters, Elizabeth Williams and Fan Yang from Kingwood High School along with Lexi Clidienst, Brianna Crockett, Christopher Hatrel, Kirby Kirsch and Laura Walker from Kingwood Park High School.

Representing Humble ISD as National Hispanic Scholars are: Gabriella Adame, Thomas Arney, Alexandra Colon, Ricardo Cotte, Alec Johnson, David Morejon and Nicole Rodriguez from Kingwood High School as well as Andres Vargas-Cortes from Kingwood Park High School..

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships.

High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Of the 1.5 million entrants, 50,000 with the highest Selection Index scores (critical reading, mathematics and writing skills) qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended students represent approximately 34,000 students who receive letters of commendation. Finalists are comprised of 15,000 students. Winners are chosen from the Finalist group based on their abilities, skills and accomplishments.