WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From Michele Schoenfeld, Clerk to the Board of Education. September 29, 2004: Twenty-one White Plains High School seniors have been recognized in the 2005 National Merit Scholarship Program.  Semi-Finalists are:  Danielle M. Cohn, Elizabeth A. Newman, Matt Oliveri, Michael D. Schwartz, Rachel L. Silverman and Naana C. Wrightman.  They now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for Finalist status, on the basis of their SAT scores, academic records and principal recommendations. 

 Fifteen students were named National Merit Scholarship Commended Students on the basis of their outstanding performance on the qualifying test.  They are:  Andrea Busch, Amanda L. Culp, Zachary A. Glass, Robert C. Hollahan, Constance Hsiung, Aaron S. Jurist, Sarah A. Kellogg, Janice Kim, Brian B. Kirkpatrick, Daniel T. Pasternack, Timothy T. Pennucci, Michael K. Rahimi, Elizabeth J. Rie, Harry A. Waksberg and Shira Wrightman.  They rank among the top five percent of more than one million students in the competition.