Submitted by the San Juan Island School District

Friday Harbor High School principal Andrea Hillman announced that Grayson Matthews and Matthew Van Dyck have been named Commended Students in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. The principal presented these scholastically talented seniors with a letter of Commendation from the school and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2026 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2026 competition by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying

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