Following taking the PSAT in 2023, top-scoring seniors were honored as National Merit Scholars. This year, there were 44 Commended Scholars and 57 National Semifinalists, making Heritage the #1 school in Florida for National Merit Semifinalists once again.
The school honored the scholars first with a congratulatory meal in the library, with administration honoring the students. Students then took photos Sept. 10 in black professional wear for publicity. These photos took place during the first and second period, with speeches delivered by administration to the honored students.
Below are the names of the 101 scholars. Good luck to the semifinalists as they continue the merit process.
Semifinalists:
Samantha Almonte Pineda
Andrew Alper
Rajam Arunprakash
Himashi Balasuriya
Mila Bond
Anik Bora
Timothy Bower
Maryn Buchsbaum
Sihwan Chang
Lila Cohen
Anastasia Cortada
Bhuvan Dave
Nicholas Diaz
Sebastian Estrada
Iris Fan
Jack Finneran
Lydda Giraldo
Bernardo Guidi
Sahir Hai
Junsouh Hong
Matthew Jaccoma
Victor Jafet
Rafael Kattan
Sai Lalitha Kodukula
Akshay Kumar
Henry Lecompte
Apollo Lee
Ian Lumer
Calvin Mathew
Hari Muhunthan
Kamilat Mustapha
Khai-Hoang Nguyen
Aadi Patel
lsha Patel
Jeeya Patel
Rolando Perez
Samuil Petrov
Gabriela Piccoli
Santiago Quintero
Ayla Ramazanova
Xuzhou Ren
Matthew Rodriguez
Veer Roy
Matthew Ruiz
Guilherme Salles
Likhitha Selvan
Yusuf Sheikh
Roshini Shivakumar
Shreyan Singha
Evan Soy
Allen Ting
Emily Wang
Matthew Wang
Gabrielle Wiltshire
Jessica Wong
Jake Zeng
Kevin Zhang
Commended:
Dylan Abadie
Gabriella Amore
Siena Baez
Medha Balaji
Jaimee Canalejo
Aubrey Caprara
Huaijin Chen
Cristina Escardo
Katerine Fateev
Roberto Freitas
Hardhik Guntupally
Clara Hilsman
Jara Jacobson
Arissa Khan
Andy Kizer
Timothy Kong
Sophia Kreimerman
Arya Krishnan
Quentin Laidler
Galen Lee
Andrew Lodin
Jaden Mantis
Vyom Mishra
Kangana Modi
Peter Moran
Kevin Moya
Gregory Musaelian
Alexis Negroni
Alejandro Otermin
Ronak Patel
Alessandro Pereira
Quincy Pierre
Michael Pimas
Emma Pudney
Jayden Reid
Nathan Rothbard
Hayley Schachter
Scott Shin
Jordan Steele Orgad
Michael Thomassen
Jonathan Vargas
Andres Vidaurre
Michael Wang
Hanna Zhang
The professional photos were taken on the steps of the 3000s Building. Here, all 101 commended and semifinalists stand together for the photo. (Photo/Cady)
From left to right, seniors Shreyan Singha, Jeeya Patel, Kangana Modi and Sai Lalitha Kodukula take photos as National Semifinalists. “I couldn’t have done it with the support and resources that are offered by the Merit [program],” Singha said. Under their guidance, I felt prepared.” (Photos/Jeeya Patel)
Seniors Roshini Shivakumar and Hanna Zhang take a quick selfie before taking the professional merit scholars photos. “Although it was a long, sweaty time, it was fun taking the pictures with my friends,” Shivakumar said. (Photo/Roshini Shivakumar)
Seniors Timothy Bower, Akshay Kumar, Audi Patel and Gabriela Piccoli get arranged in rows and await the signal to take the photo. (Photo/Akshay Kumar)
Seniors Mila Bond and Alexis Negroni snap a quick picture before heading off to their second period class. (Photo/Mila Bond)
