Penn boasts 12 National Merit Scholarship Finalists

Penn High School Principal Steve Hope announced that 12 Penn students have been named Finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship academic competition.

Grant Brenner, Muqsit Buchh, Balajimonesh Devireddy, Jonathan Harley, Sanjana Kulkarni, Julia Kwak, Mason Lee, Hannah McGinness, Baker Nasser, Peter Rutkowski, Matthew Shan and Michelle Tapp of Penn are among 15,000 students nationwide who have been named National Merit Scholarship FinalistsMore than 1.6 million students entered to competition. A total of 7,500 students will be named to share more than $33 million in scholarship money.

“We are proud to congratulate and honor our 12 National Merit Finalists,” Hope said. “There is no higher honor for a student than to be named as a National Merit Finalist.

“The fact that Penn High School has 12 National Merit Finalists stands as not only tribute to these incredible students, but also to the Penn staff for providing the rigorous and challenging course work to produce students of such high caliber,” Hope continued. This is a great honor for these students and a great honor for Penn High School.”