Congratulations to the seventeen members of the SPA Class of 2025 who have earned national recognition in this year's National Merit competition. Five seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists, and another twelve have been named Commended Students. The 17 seniors represent 18% of the Class of 2025.
The five Semifinalists are Jacob Colton, Amir Dahm, Rohan Kharbanda, Madeline Kim, and Arlo Zirps. They are among the top 16,000 high scorers on the PSAT from the fall of the student's junior year. Semifinalists complete an application to move on to the Finalist competition; Finalists will be announced in spring 2025.
The twelve Commended Students are Aarushi Bahadur, Caden Burns, Andrew Evens, Raven Glaser, Humza Jameel, Nicholas McCarthy, Saurin Patel, Theodore Su, Oliver Thompson, Helen Townley, Belle Weng, and Aidan Williams. They are among the next 34,000 high scorers nationwide on the Junior fall PSAT.
Congratulations to all our National Merit honorees in the Class of 2025!