THIRTY-EIGHT M-DCPS STUDENTS NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMI-FINALISTS February 7, 2002 Thirty-eight Miami-Dade County Public Schools students have been named semifinalists in the 47th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They are among 16,000 academically talented high school seniors nationwide who will compete for some 8,000 Merit Scholarship awards this spring worth more than $32 million. Additionally, students who are named National Merit Finalist Scholars are automatically eligible for the Florida Academic Scholars Award in the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Students and their schools are listed below: American Senior High - Daniel D. Castro Coral Gables Senior High - Miriam L. Bilsker, Aramis Perez, Daniel A. Zayas Coral Reef Senior High - Molissa H. Farber, Kelsey A. Wogan Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High - Cora H. Llera Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High - Daniel A. Friedman, Ran Huo, Heather J. Rosenfeld, Hallie J. Stern, Rosemary Sullivan, Jaime M. Valle, Ariane J. Wiszniak MAST Academy - Kathleen H. Kelley, Jesse L. Summers Miami Senior High - Lizette O. Cast Miami Killian Senior High - Laura J. Davis Miami Palmetto Senior High - Priyanka Bhandari, Ying Chen, Brian E. Cohen, Sofia Fontecilla, Antonia E. Haber, Avi R. Kaufman, Valerie R. Martin, Daniel A. McManus, Seyed K. Moshkani, Evan M. Siegall, Xiaolong Zhou Miami Springs Senior High - Armando J. Ibarra Miami Sunset Senior High - Claire Y. Chan, Carlos A. Garcia, Safraz A. Sattaur, Trevor A. Smith North Miami Senior High - Andrea I. Gonzalez School for Advanced Studies South - Claudia S. Vizcarra South Miami High School - Claudia B. Flores For more information, contact Phyllis Hallberg, Executive Director, Division of Student Services, at 305-995-7324. ### 02-AMC190/JJS Back to News Releases