BCPS congratulates 2026 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is celebrating 44 high school seniors who have been named Semifinalists in the prestigious 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

These students now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for nearly 7,000 National Merit Scholarships to be awarded in the spring, with a combined value of approximately $26 million.

BCPS 2026 National Merit Semifinalists

College Academy at Broward College

• Elias Waite

Cooper City High School

• Aidan Don

Coral Glades High School

• Hannah Wang

Cypress Bay High School

• Lucas Archibald

• Nathan Assani

• Joanna Behling

• Bryan Bomfim

• Andrew Horsburgh

• Kaia Jane

• Andrew Lacayo

• Rickey Liu

• Karolos Liveris

• Nicolas Munoz

• Daksh Patel

• Emily Sebastian

• Ricardo Sucre

• Andy Wu

• Sophia Wu

• Ziyue Xu

Hollywood Hills High School

• Chelsea Chatelier

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

• Sophia G. Alvarez

• Nidhi M. Bharambe

• Joshua W. Brown

• Austin J. Campos

• Kevin Liu

• Kaavya Ramchandran

• Alyssa L. Rapps

• Sarah E. Rosaler

• Ava E. Thomas

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