School & Family Magazine Newstand Arlington Nov/Dec 2017 | Page 18

AISD Students Earn
Academic Honors
Congratulations to eight Arlington ISD seniors who were named semifinalists in the 2018 National Merit
Scholarship Program and 16 AISD seniors who were named 2018 National Hispanic Scholars.
Isaac James from Arlington High School, Wei-Chen Huang and Karen Yang from Lamar High School, and Calvin
Birchall-Roman, Nicholas Chin, Brock Moore, Abram Qui and Brandon Swinney from Martin High School are
among the AISD National Merit honorees. Gabrielle Cano and Celeste Delgado from Arlington High School,
Estaban Hurtado, Hugo Martinez and Elias Perez from Arlington Collegiate High School, Lucas Atayde and
Margaret Aguon from Lamar High School and Nicholas Alvarez, Calvin Birchall-Roman, Kayla Bonakdar, Claire
Garza, Christopher Malone, Elizabeth Prickett, Madison Reyna, Charles Salazar and Sophia Viscuso from Martin
High School are all National Hispanic Scholars.
The National Merit Scholarship program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships
available to those students who take the PSAT and meet published requirements. Of the 1.5 million entrants,
approximately 16,000 students are identified as semifinalists.
The National Hispanic Recognition Program identifies outstanding Hispanic high school students and shares
information about these academically well-prepared students with subscribing colleges and universities. Each
year nearly 5,000 outstanding Hispanic scholars are honored.
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Isaac James
Arlington High School Wei-Chen Huang
Lamar High School Kar