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HPHS Has 16 New National Merit Semifinalists

The students will advance in the competition for National Merit Finalist honors
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Highland Park High School has 16 National Merit Semifinalists.

The semifinalists from HPHS include:

  • Sabrina Taylor
  • Romi Segal
  • Elizabeth “Ellie” Chong
  • Toby Tsai
  • Tristan Sun
  • Han-Xiao “Jason” Peng
  • Adrian Gu
  • Antony Moussa
  • Nicholas Garretson
  • Raymond Wu
  • William Stokley
  • Joshua Tran
  • William Forsberg
  • Vishal Manhas
  • Charlie Bernstein
  • Ethan Li

The students will move on to compete for National Merit Finalist honors.

The 2027 National Merit Finalists will be announced in the spring.

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Rachel Snyder, managing editor at People Newspapers, first joined the staff in 2019. She's covered everything from Dallas and University Park municipal government to business. Rachel began her journalism career at the daily newspaper The Express Star in Chickasha, Okla. She went on to work for the daily Duncan Banner in Duncan, Okla. the weekly Sand Springs Leader, and WFAA-TV in Dallas. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.
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