Lake Ridge Academy Announces Four National Merit Finalists

Lake Ridge Academy National Merit Finalists
Ben Gwinnell, Anjali Prabhakaran, Elizabeth
Coble, Noah Kawaguchi

Four Lake Ridge Academy seniors were named 2018 National Merit Finalists. Elizabeth Coble (Avon Lake), Ben Gwinnell (Cleveland Heights), Noah Kawaguchi (Amherst) and Anjali Prabhakaran (Avon) join a pool of 15,000 finalists who will be considered to receive one of the 7,500 Merit Scholarships that will be awarded nationally in March. These four students represent 8% of Lake Ridge Academy’s Class of 2018.

The National Merit Scholarship program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarship funds that began in 1955. About 1.6 million juniors entered the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The top scores in critical reading, mathematics and writing skills advance only 16,000 students to the Semifinalist list. 1,500 Finalist are selected by reviewing the student’s academic record, written essay, participation in school and community activities, evidence of leadership and any other honors or awards received.

About Lake Ridge Academy
Lake Ridge Academy (www.lakeridgeacademy.org) is an independent, nonsectarian day school offering co-educational classes from kindergarten through grade 12. Founded in 1963, Lake Ridge Academy is committed to providing small class sizes and maintains an 8:1 student to teacher ratio. Located on a beautiful 93-acre campus in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Lake Ridge Academy is the only K-12 private, independent college preparatory school on Cleveland’s west side.