Seven members of Staples High School’s senior class have qualified as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program after taking the 2020 PSAT exam. Emma Alcyone ’22, Natalie Bandura ’22, Zachary Bishop ’22, Michael Brody ’22, Chloe Nevas ’22, Maxwell Tanksley ’22 and Julian Weng ’22 all scored in the top 1% of Connecticut’s test.