National Merit Awardees Named
MKA seniors Mary Labowsky and Giri Nathan have been named semifinalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program and are among the 16,000 scholastically talented high school seniors who have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards that will be offered next spring. More than 1.4 million juniors in nearly 21,000 high schools across the country entered the 2009 national Merit Program by taking the 2007 preliminary SAT/national merit Qualifying Test.
At MKA, Labowsky is a member of the Community Life Committee, Treasurer of the ABC Club and a member of the French Club, the varsity Tennis team, the MKA Strings Program and the Math Team and is also a House Captain.
Nathan is the President of Habitat for Humanity, the News Editor of the Academy News student newspaper, a member of the Honor Council, of the Math Team, and varsity Tennis team and is active in Model UN.
In addition, both students were named 2008 MKA Faculty Scholars and Mary K. Waring Scholars (receiving all A’s and A-‘s).
Eight MKA seniors have also been named National Merit Commended Scholars - the students, Joanna Capela, Nathalie Cernasov, Catherine DeKeizer, Gokul Krish, Amanda Munyon, Emma Shepard, Olivia Shepard and Christopher Stavitsky, placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
At MKA, Labowsky is a member of the Community Life Committee, Treasurer of the ABC Club and a member of the French Club, the varsity Tennis team, the MKA Strings Program and the Math Team and is also a House Captain.
Nathan is the President of Habitat for Humanity, the News Editor of the Academy News student newspaper, a member of the Honor Council, of the Math Team, and varsity Tennis team and is active in Model UN.
In addition, both students were named 2008 MKA Faculty Scholars and Mary K. Waring Scholars (receiving all A’s and A-‘s).
Eight MKA seniors have also been named National Merit Commended Scholars - the students, Joanna Capela, Nathalie Cernasov, Catherine DeKeizer, Gokul Krish, Amanda Munyon, Emma Shepard, Olivia Shepard and Christopher Stavitsky, placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.