The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has honored the Northshore School District by naming 49 2014 Commended Students.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation were recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who took the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

Bothell High School Commended Students are Aspen Brooks, Oceana Dunsire, Garrett Esko, Samuel Johnson, Ravishankar Madhu, Srishti Mathur, Alida Melse, Rebecca Peoples and Dylan Richmond.

Inglemoor High School Commended Students are Gunnar Allemeier, Seth Birrell, Mairead Brown, Rebecca Conner, Ridley Eastland-Fruit, Amelia Fenne, Isabelle Fenne, Dilshawn Gamage, Julia Grosvenor, Matthew Hayes, Deanna Hendrickson, Rachael Hu, Benjamin Karlinsey, Yuan Lee, Ian Lefond, Zijing Li, Nikhil Mandalaparthy, Kara Marler, Grant Pachosa, Cameron Pauly, Aditya Saraf, Trevor Schakohl, Elon Shiu, Parker Stewart, Maia Stiber, Carolyn Tang, Meera Unadkat and Casey Xing.