Ben Franklin announces Class of 2014 National Merit Scholarship Corporation Honorees

Benjamin Franklin High School is proud to announce the following twenty-five (25) seniors have been selected as Semifinalists in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program announced by the officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC):

 

1. Natalie Bennett
2. Georgia Bourderionnet
3. Andrew Burin
4. Thomas Chang
5. Isaac Constans
6. Jeanne Daigle
7. Jessica Garda
8. Alexander Gascon
9. Elise Gonzalez
10. Eliot Guerin
11. Mia Guillot
12. Shenghan Guo
13. Travis Haycraft
14. Addison Howenstine
15. Lydia Orfila
16. Kunrui Peng
17. Sadhana Puri
18. Janet Ruppert
19. Leah Samuels
20. Elijah Scarlett
21. Colin Sharpe
22. Luke Tang
23. Noah Waltzer
24. Sarah Wang
25. Xiaoshu Zheng

We look forward to sharing more good news with you when the National Achievement Semifinalists, the National Hispanic Semifinalists, the National Merit Commended Scholars and the National Merit Outstanding Participants are announced as well.

And Announcing...

National Achievement Semifinalists (15)

1. Ogunsola Z. Akinlana
2. Joseph C. Allen
3. Teja Dabney
4. Madeleine Degrange
5. Caoimhe M. Ettarh
6. Mariah A. Guillmette
7. Maci E. Joseph
8. Caitlyn A. Kelly
9. Jeffery O. Miller
10. Geralyn L. Smith
11. Toni R. Smith
12. Donya G. Stagg
13. Alice B. Thomas
14. Dylan C. Walton
15. Elijah Scarlett

National Hispanic Scholars (3)

1. Elise Gonzalez
2. Eva Someillan-Toohey
3. Zoe Zemmels

National Commended Scholars (15)

1. William B. Abbott
2. Jane L. Fiegel
3. Sarah L. Marble
4. Daniel W. Mayer
5. Keaton A. McNamara
6. JustisM. Midura
7. Avery G. Owings
8. Mathieu Pitre
9. Hannah J. Porter
10. Nicholas J. Reid
11. Elizabeth Schreiber
12. Joshua M. Scuderi
13. Eva J. Someillan-Toohey
14. Alice B. Thomas
15. Zoe R. Zemmels

National Achievement Outstanding Participants: (2)

1. Heaven K. Douglas
2. Cameron M. Stone

For more information: www.bfhsla.org or contact Christy Read 504-286-2615 or at cread@bfhsla.org   Benjamin Franklin High School, located on the University of New Orleans campus, was founded in 1957, its stated mission, to prepare students of high academic achievement to be successful in life.  Franklin has been consistently ranked as a “top public high school in the nation” by U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, and Business Week magazines and has received the highest School Performance Score in Louisiana, making it the #1 public school in the state again this year. Franklin is a National Blue Ribbon School.