- December 4, 2025
Flagler Palm Coast High School seniors Adniel Alonzo and Mitchell Spencer Edelstein have been named National Merit Scholarship semifInalists.
Alonzo and Edelstein were celebrated during FPC morning announcements on Sept. 11 and with a parade down the upstairs 200 hallway, giving their teachers and classmates a chance to congratulate them.
They join 16,000 semifinalists nationwide in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program with an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million to be announced in the spring.
Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level. About 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
