Two SJHS Students Named National Merit Commended Students

St Joseph High School- Trumbull - announced today that two of their senior students, Katherine Pikulik and Louis Tuccio have been selected as 2019 National Merit Commended Students.

A Letter of Commendation from St Joseph High School and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, was presented by Principal, Nancy DiBuono, and Head of School, Dr William Fitzgerald, to these scholastically talented seniors.

About 34,000 Commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students place among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2020 competition by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

“Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”

Pikulik came to St Joes from St Theresa in Trumbull and plans to major in Finance. Tuccio came to St Joes from Harborside Middle School in Milford and plans to major in Applied Math. St Joseph High School congratulates these two students on their great accomplishment.