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These Northern Westchester HS Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists These Northern Westchester HS Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
These Northern Westchester HS Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists Half a dozen high school seniors from Northern Westchester have been selected as finalists in a prestigious national program.  Six seniors from Byram Hills High School in Armonk have been named as finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, the Byram Hills Central School District announced on Thursday, Feb. 15.  The six students are:  Cyrus Aly; Samara Brown; Aaron Lestz; Daniel Ndocaj; Alexander Woodworth; Yicheng Yang. All six students entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT as an initial screening. They were then announced as among the 16…

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by Ben Crnic
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US Presidential Scholar: Northern Westchester Student Named Candidate For Top Honor US Presidential Scholar: Northern Westchester Student Named Candidate For Top Honor
US Presidential Scholar: Northern Westchester Student Named Candidate For Top Honor A senior at a Northern Westchester high school has been nominated for one of the nation's highest honors for students.  Daniel Ndocaj, a senior at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, has been selected as a candidate for the US Presidential Scholars Program, the Byram Hills Central School District announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30.  The federal program, created in 1964, recognizes the country's most distinguished graduating seniors and is one of the nation's highest honors for a high school student.  According to district officials,  Ndocaj was one of the more than 5,000…

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by Ben Crnic
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Byram Hills HS Seniors Get $2K Each For Being Regeneron Scholars Byram Hills HS Seniors Get $2K Each For Being Regeneron Scholars
Byram Hills HS Seniors Get $2K Each For Being Regeneron Scholars Five high school seniors from a high school in Northern Westchester are being congratulated within the community for earning $2,000 each for being named top scholars in the 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious scholastic science and math competition.  Earlier Report - These Westchester High School Seniors Named Regeneron Scholars The five seniors attend Byram Hills High School in Armonk and were chosen from nearly 2,000 students across the nation who entered the competition, which began in 1942. The seniors were among 300 students who were…

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by Ben Crnic
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Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Byram Hills Announces Valedictorian, Salutatorian Byram Hills High School announced that Jackson Deitelzweig is the Class of 2018's valedictorian and Stella Li graduates as the salutatorian. Deitelzweig and Li were among the 205 students to graduate from Byram Hills on Tuesday, June 19. They both delivered speeches during the commencement ceremony held in the Concert Hall at the SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center. Deitelzweig will attend Princeton University in the fall, while Li is headed to Brown University. Both plan to study computer science, according to Byram Hills Central School District officials. “On behalf of the entire facult…

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by Jon Craig