Weston High School National Merit Scholarship semifinalists are, from left, Emily Weyruach, Elliott Eglash, Daniel Muller, Grace Mattison and Asra Ali, with Principal Lisa Wolak.
There are approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide, out of about 1.5 million students who took the PSAT/NMSQT and chosen from the 50,000 highest scorers who qualified for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program.





