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CFHS Students Earn National Merit Recognition

Posted Date: 10/03/25 (6:00 PM)
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From l-r: Madeleine Reed, Katherine McNulty,  William Luxbacher, Rex Shetlar, and Ethan Lin.
Photo credit: Chris Hsieh

Catalina Foothills High School is recognizing five seniors named National Merit Semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit® Scholarship Program, an honor earned by fewer than 1% of U.S. seniors. About 16,000 Semifinalists are chosen from ~1.5 million PSAT/NMSQT entrants. Congratulations to Ethan Lin, William Luxbacher, Katherine McNulty, Madeleine Reed, and Rex Shetlar.

Back row (L-R): Zachary Henson, William Ambri, Henry Moore
Front row (L-R): William Jacobsen, Owen Cantor-Goldner, Arthur Filgueiras Pinto, Thomas Vamos
Missing: Cristina Angel, Alex Cramton, and Leonard Williams
Photo credit: Chris Hsieh

CFHS also congratulates ten Commended Students, recognized among the top 50,000 PSAT/NMSQT entrants nationwide. (About 1% of seniors are recognized as Commended Students; at CFHS, 2% earned this distinction.)
Kudos to William Ambri, Cristina Angel, Owen Cantor-Goldner, Alex Cramton, Arthur Filgueiras Pinto, Zachary Henson, William Jacobsen, Henry Moore, Thomas Vamos, and Leonard Williams.

These outstanding Falcons will be honored with the Star Award at an upcoming CFSD Governing Board meeting.  Please join us in celebrating them!