Jonathan Hughes '08 has been awarded a Certificate of Merit from the National Merit Scholarship Program and has advanced to finalist standing in the Merit Scholarship competition for 2008. The Sixth Form student, from Medfield, Mass., has met the program requirements by "demonstrating through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment." He is one of just 15,000 students nationwide to receive this distinction. Jonathan is now in the running to receive one of 8,200 Merit Scholarships that will be given out later this spring.

Congratulations and good luck to Jonathan!