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Seventeen District 202 seniors from all four high schools have been named “commended” students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

Although they will not continue in the 2026 competition for National Merit Scholarships, about 34,000 Commended Students nationwide are recognized for their exceptional academic promise.

Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.3 million students who entered the 2026 competition by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

These District 202 students are 2026 “National Merit Scholarship Commended Students”:

PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL – CENTRAL CAMPUS

  • Sean Salkas

PLAINFIELD SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

  • Arianna Stewart

PLAINFIELD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

  • Haidarah Al-Shaheen

  • Lily Allen

  • Rebecca Choate

  • Malachi Henningsgaard

  • Christopher Henry

  • Sean Jansen

  • Ifeoluwa Olanrewaju

  • Daniel Smith

  • Sydney Sullivan

  • Akshith Vasa

  • Chloe Vasilakis

  • Andy Yuen

  • Emma Yuen

PLAINFIELD EAST HIGH SCHOOL

  • Aleena Yousuf

  • Beatrice Alexa Ordeneza