National Merit Honorees Recognized

The Academy of the Holy Angels acknowledged this year’s National Merit® Scholarship Program honorees on Foundation Day (October 24). Several Angels were named Commended Students, and many received honors in national recognition programs administered by The College Board®. Each student’s achievement was based on her excellent performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit® Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Commended Students include seniors Aiko Chang of Valley Cottage, New York; Sidney Chung of Cresskill; Emily H. Kim and Natalie Yoo of Englewood Cliffs; Georgette “Gigi” Ochs of Fair Lawn; Olivia Papp of Hawthorne; Elise Tao of Upper Saddle River; and Lauren Tong of Old Tappan.

AHA’s National Indigenous Recognition Program honoree is Genevieve Tuohy (’25) of Cresskill.

Olivia Leys (’24) of Tappan, New York; Ava Taylor (’24) of Cresskill; and Alexandra Fontana (’25) of Nanuet, New York, were honored in the National African-American Recognition Program.

This year’s National Hispanic Recognition Program honorees include seniors Elena Fiorentinos of Cresskill; Sarah Machado of Tappan, New York; Marina Poire of Dumont; Valerie Rey of River Vale; Natalia Ruiz of Fairview; and Victoria Velasco of Woodcliff Lake. Juniors who received NHRP honors include Lily Cossio of Tenafly, Xenaya Medina of Clifton, and Sienna Pacione of Old Tappan.