Photos Courtesy of Oak Hall School, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School and Alachua County Public Schools, respectively

This year, 34 local students earned the prestigious distinction of becoming finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship program. Of the over 1.6 million students who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, only about 15,000 students were named as finalists. Finalists were chosen not only for their PSAT scores, but also their SAT scores and general academic performance. Congratulations to our local finalists for all of their hard work!

Oak Hall School

From left: Johnathan Schofield, Graham Hardcastle, Adam Shugar and Kiki Schmalfuss

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School

Ja’mm Hostetler

F.W. Buchholz High School

Back row from left: Grace Douglas, Sohan Subhash, Joseph Hardin, Benjamin Nagoshi, Ena Schentrup

Front row from left: Caroline Chu, Steven Li, Sidhika Balachander, Ethan Angerhofer

Eastside High School

Back row from left: Bradley Kim, Daniel Koropeckyj-Cox, Anna Tovkach, Dylan Barnes, Catherine Sarosi

Front row from left: Steffi Shew, Rena Cohen, Naoosha Mohammad, Emily An, Rachel Fregly, Hannah Nations

Gainesville High School

From left: Alexis Earley, Rebecca Jia, Alena Kraus , Corey Ryan, Ian Downey, Alex Maruniak, Emma Porter, Anousha Peters, Danielle Ivanov