11 Students Are National Merit Honorees
St. Charles Preparatory School is proud to announce that five members of its senior class have been named 2026 National Merit Semifinalists and six others named Commended Scholars. Those who qualified for the National Merit Scholarship program did so by recording the highest scores of all high school students on the Pre-Scholastic Aptitude / National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) they took last year as St. Charles juniors.
These young men are (see photo): Front, from left: Jacob Lloyd (Commended Scholar) (Willard Grizzell Middle School, St. Joan of Arc Parish), Adrian Clarke-Gil (Commended Scholar) (St. Andrew School, St. Andrew Parish), Milan “Joey” Lillis (Commended Scholar) (Wellington School, St. Andrew Parish), James Brunton
(Semifinalist) (St. Timothy School, St. Michael Parish) and Max Paxton (Commended Scholar) (John Sells Middle School, St. Brendan Parish);
Back, from left: Isaac Dryfuse (Semifinalist) (St. Michael School, St. Michael Parish), Tommy Fickell (Semifinalist) (Berkshire Middle School, St. John Neumann Parish), Brady Ritchie (Commended Scholar) (St. Michael School, St. John Neumann Parish), Jack Bakhshi (Commended Scholar) (St. Michael School, St. Michael Parish), Alex Wu (Semifinalist) (Henry Karrer Middle School), and Noah Grant (Semifinalist)(St. Brigid of Kildare School,
St. Brigid of Kildare Parish.).
National Merit Corporation's Official Release:
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Over 1.3 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Over 1.3 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
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St. Charles Preparatory School will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or ethnic origin in the hiring of its certified or non-certified personnel.
St. Charles Preparatory School will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or ethnic origin in the hiring of its certified or non-certified personnel.
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