DECEMBER 2010

Members of Senior Class Named
National Merit Commended Students

PMHS seniors Michael Carlton, Quincy Darbyshire, Charles Groome, Katherine Kiernan, Luca Marzorati and Maura Tracy were named National Merit 2011 Commended Students. They represent the top 5% of the 1.5 million entrants in the competition, based on their scores on the PSAT/NMSQT. Although Commended Students do not continue in the competition for National Merit® Scholarships, they may become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.

All of the students are members of PMHS National Honor Society and have engaged in a variety of community service, ranging from tutoring, midnight runs and serving in soup kitchens to coaching and working in a local hospital.

Carlton is also a member of the Foreign Language Honor Society for his study of Spanish. He is an avid athlete, captain of varsity soccer and also member of varsity of basketball and baseball, and summer travel baseball.
Darbyshire is a member of the Latin Honor Society and earned cum laude on the National Latin exam. She is a member of Model UN, Sock n Buskin, Zimbabwe Relief as well as a member of the PMHS Chorus and Marching Band.

Kiernan received the National Latin Exam Gold Medal and won second place in the Science Olympiad last year. She is captain of the PMHS Varsity Volleyball team, Editorials Editor of the Pel Mel, and member of SADD, Stage Band and Chorus.

Tracy is a member of the New York State Science Honor Society, Latin Honor Society and scored cum laude on the National Latin Exam. She is a member of the high school chorus, stage band and band and the varsity tennis team. She also is a founding member of Youth to Youth Club which promotes substance free community events and Survive to Five, a student group working on a Save the Children campaign focused on anti poverty.
Marzorati is the senior class treasurer, a peer leader, student representative for both the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Council and the Superintendent’s Advisory Counsel as well as assistant coach for boy’s varsity basketball and boy’s junior varsity baseball, a position he has held since ninth grade.

Groome is a 2010 National Spanish Exam Bronze Award Recipient, the 2009 National Honor Society president and inductee into the National Foreign Honor Society. He participated in the 2009 People to People International Inauguration Program and is a peer mentor. He plays varsity soccer and baseball.

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