Albuquerque Public Schools
APS has 23 National Merit Scholar Finalists
Prestigious designation includes students at four schools, including 18 from La Cueva.
Albuquerque Public Schools had 23 students – including 18 from La Cueva High School – receive a finalist designation as a National Merit Scholar.
The annual academic competition is in its 70th year and is conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a nonprofit organization. Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements, including completing an application, having a consistently very high academic record, writing an essay, being endorsed and recommended by a school official, and taking the SAT or ACT and earning a score that confirms the PSAT/National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test performance.
Of the district’s 32 semifinalists, 23 qualified as finalists. These outstanding students attend Cibola, Sandia, La Cueva and Eldorado high schools.
The finalists are:
- Victoria, Woodzell, Cibola
- Eli Crowley, Sandia
- Jacob Chodorow, La Cueva
- Angus Gallegos, La Cueva
- Maia Gregson, La Cueva
- Elena Grosiak, La Cueva
- Joaquin Headley, La Cueva
- Clay Hsieh, La Cueva
- Isaac Johnson, La Cueva
- Silas Jones, La Cueva
- Kyuryeon Kim, La Cueva
- Hadwyn Link, La Cueva
- Mateo Lujan, La Cueva
- Ryan Nguyen, La Cueva
- Amadeep Prasankumar, La Cueva
- Lucas Riley, La Cueva
- Kate Schoenwald, La Cueva
- Christabel Thiel-Hajilambrinos, La Cueva
- Andi Xu, La Cueva
- Rella Yarrington, La Cueva
- Haley Wheeler, Eldorado
- Alisa Quach, Eldorado
- Claire Staiger, Eldorado