Four Warwick students honored by National Merit Scholarship Program

Warwick - Four Warwick Valley High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than one million students who entered the 2006 competition by taking the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The students are Benjamin Hutchison, William McCormick, Robert Shick and Faez Syed have been named Commended Students in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program. Warwick Valley High School Principal Randall Barbarash will present each with a letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors. “It is important to acknowledge the attainments of academically talented students and to credit schools for the key role they play in their development,” a spokesperson for the National Merit Program said. “We hope the recognition received by these able young men and women who are commended in this rigorous nationwide competition will encourage them to take advantage of opportunities for higher education and to diligently pursue their professional goals.”