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Two Bartlesville High School students have been named as National Merit Finalists.  Aarya Ghonasgi and Liza Williams are now in competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships that will be offered this spring

 

Aarya Ghonasgi is the daughter of Archana Sapre and Dhananjay Ghonasgi. She is the student body president for Student Council, the correspondence secretary for the National Honor Society, the historian for Interact Club, a member of Environmental Club, a member of philosophy club, and a cross-country runner. She is also part of the new BHS internships program, doing a senior year internship at ConocoPhillips. In her spare time, she works at First Presbyterian Church. She intends to major in biology and pursue a pre-medicine course of study. 

 

Liza Williams is the daughter of Stevie and John Williams. She was the 2018 Team Captain in Varsity Girls Cross Country and is the President of the Spanish Club, Founder and President of the Environmental Club, and involved in Varsity Track, the National Honor Society, and the Chemistry Olympiad.  She represented Oklahoma in the 2017 National Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition.  Williams is also part of the new BHS internships program and also doing a senior year internship at ConocoPhillips.  She intends to major in Chemical Engineering with an environmental concentration and might double-major or pursue a minor in Spanish.

 

The corporation will begin mailing scholarship offers in March to winners at their home addresses.