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Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) has announced its National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists for the year 2025. Students from various SUSD high schools have been recognized for their academic achievement, placing them in the top 1% of students nationwide.

The following students from Arcadia High School have been named semifinalists:

- Victoria Bourgeois-Conti

- Anabelle DeHaan

- Aidan McClure

- Jenna Mukavitz

- Ari Schott

- William Steen Koppell

From Chaparral High School, the semifinalists are:

- Endrias Abebe

- Ashley Fu

- Kaitlin Kim

Desert Mountain High School has the following semifinalists:

- Adriana Chen

- Jordan Falls

- Maximilien Farkas

- Taytum Feuerbacher

- Adam Fruehe

- Meredith Gerken

- Nandini Gopalakrishnan

- Madeline Naidu

- Lauren Parton

- Jazlyn Sandhu

- Sonia Woo

Lastly, from Saguaro High School, the semifinalists include:

- Taylor Mobley

- Gray Richardson

These students are now eligible to advance to the finalist stage in the National Merit Scholarship program. SUSD congratulates them on their achievement and wishes them luck in their pursuit of becoming National Merit Scholars.

Source: Scottsdale Schools

Source Type: School

Source Location: Scottsdale

Scottsdale, AZ

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