Ruderman
Julia Ruderman, a senior at Minuteman High School in Lexington, has been named a commended student in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 34,000 students nationwide to earn this recognition based on their performance on the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test administered last October.
According to information from the National Merit Scholarship Corp., commended students are honored for “the exceptional academic promise” shown by their scores on the qualifying test. Ruderman will receive a letter of commendation for her achievement.
She is the daughter of Susan and A. Michael Ruderman, a Precinct 9 Town Meeting member.
Another senior from Minuteman, Rachel Toups of Boxborough, also was named a commended student.
Ruderman, of Arlington, is studying engineering technology. Her activities include cross country (she is girls’ team captain), senior class vice president, SkillsUSA participant and Minuteman chapter secretary, Girls in STEM Club president, National Honor Society, volunteering at Ironstone Farm in Andover, and Model UN. She plans to study civil engineering or architecture in college (or combine the two disciplines).
Earlier this year, she Ruderman was the recipient of a $5,000 first prize in the second annual Frederick Douglass Prize U.S. History Essay Contest sponsored by the Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based public policy research organization. She wrote about the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington.
This extended announcement was published Friday, Oct. 1, 2015.
