LANSDALE – The North Penn School District is proud to announce that nine North Penn High School students qualified as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC). Congratulations to the following students who are among 15,000 students in the entire United States of America:

Jessica Arnold                       

 Thomas Bednar         

Stephen Choi             

Mikhail Khodak          

Ishaan Nerurkar                     

 Robert Li                    

Suyog Padgaonkar    

Abbey Parrott             

Vidya Punati

In April and May, NMSC will notify Finalists if they have been selected to receive a Merit Scholarship^® award. All winners of Merit Scholarship^® awards are chosen from the Finalist group, based on their abilities, skills and accomplishments. A variety of information is evaluated for NMSC selectors to review–the Finalist’s academic record, information about the school’s curricula and grading system, two sets of test scores, school official’s written recommendation, information about the student’s activities and leadership and the Finalist’s own essay.

Congratulations to all the NPHS finalists on this incredible honor! For more information about these prestigious awards, please contact NPHS Assistant Principal Karen Holmes at [email protected].