Nearly 70 Hawai’i high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are in the running for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $34 million.
O’ahu semifinalists include: Academy of the Pacific — Sky L. Achitoff; Damien Memorial High School — Christopher A. Ballesteros; Hanalani High School — Royce G. Tabora; ‘Iolani School — Lyndsey M. Arakawa, Christian B. Brady, Signe H. Chambers, Alanna Y. Cooney, Maegan L. Doi, Derek R. Fainberg, Aaron Y. Fong, Jonathan C. Fung, Ryan C. Gomoto, Allison M. Hasegawa, Kimberlee A. Hashiba, Mari R. Heslinga, Pamela H. Ho, Kate M. Ikehara, David P. Jaress, John Jin, Scott K. Kaneshiro, Reid Y. Kawamoto, Leslie N. Kim, Aleksi W. Lee, Colleen Y. Lundy, Alissa A. Masutani, Joshua L. Michaels, Elizabeth M. Murphy, Julia A. Nishioka, Clay K. Ozaki-Train, Braxton Sato, Robert H. Shimizu, Christina A. Tamaru, Annalyse M. Tamashiro, Yutaro Tsukikawa, Marisa Wang; Kaiser High School — Alexandra M. Boland, Dylan L. Howard, John J. Pyun; Kamehameha Schools — David Choy, Nathan J. Nakatsuka, Elisa K. Tsukayama; Mid Pacific Institute —Eliot St. John; Miliani High School — Philip Mocz; Punahou School — Dustin S. » Read the rest of the entry..