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Four Seniors Advance to Finalists in National Merit Scholarship program

Sewickley Academy proudly announces that all four of its Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program of 2023 have advanced to Finalist standing. Grace Armutat, Leon Jiao, Jayne Miner, and Maria Slivaggio are among approximately 15,000 finalists nationwide who are in consideration for 7,250 National Merit Scholarships. Scholarship award winners will be notified beginning in March. 
Per the National Merit website, approximately 1.5 million students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in October 2021 resulting in the September 2022 announcement of 16,000 Semifinalists who are the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Additionally, 34,000 Commended Students were announced in September, recognizing their outstanding academic promise. Sewickley Academy congratulated nine Commended Students for 2023, including Claire Cable, Colin Helbling, Ibrahim Khan, Suman Krishna, Alexander McClain, Ashton Ragoowansi, John Shillingsburg, Daniel Torres, and Jonathan Varghese.
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