Students Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program

Several Brighton High School Students were named Semifinalists and Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. The Semifinalists are among the 16,000 highest-scoring entrants and Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 entrants selected from an initial pool of 1.3 million students who took the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants.
 
Semifinalists, who represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, will advance in the competition for a chance to win one of 6,870 scholarships. While Commended Students will not advance in the competition, they are recognized for their outstanding potential for academic success.
 
The Semifinalists are: David DeRoo-Kury, Raizel Glazer, Jonathan Harrow, and Samantha Kotz. The Commended Students are: Adam Awad, Vivienne Biedenkopf, Anna Day, Edin Harvey, Evan Hoefen, Jayden Lian, Soren Marques, Ryan Riccobono, Arnav Sharma, Zoe Sheehan, Zara Sleet, and Yeojin Yoon.