6 Students – Top 4% PSAT National Merit Scholarship Program

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media/General Public Contact:
Kimberly Marsheck
Phone: (510) 995-5333 ext. 1003
E-mail: KimberlyMarsheck@crosspointacademy.org

Six California Crosspoint Students Receive 2026 National Honors
Recognition through the National Merit Scholarship Program

HAYWARD, CA, Tuesday, September 16, 2025 – California Crosspoint Academy announced
today that six members of the high school senior class have been recognized through the
National Merit Scholarship Program. The six students will receive a Letter of Commendation for
placing in the top 4% nationally on the Preliminary SAT administered last fall:

Alexander Hane, Vivia Vijayakumar, Julianne Yang, Winnie Zhao, Elie Zhong, Ivy Zhou.

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test is taken by approximately 1.4
million students each year. Commended students are recognized for their “exceptional
academic promise” and “represent a valuable national resource,” said an NMSC spokesperson.
California Crosspoint Academy is honored to play a key role in the academic development,
personal growth, and recognized achievement of these 6 students.

California Crosspoint Academy is a private, independent, university-preparatory school that has
developed an international reputation for academic excellence. Since its inception in 1979, the
preschool through 12th grade school and its students have earned numerous honors, including
the 2003 and 2016 National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence as an exemplary, high-performing
school, four ACSI Exemplary School Program Awards, National History Day Awards, and inclusion in
Newsweek Magazine’s “America’s Top STEM Schools,” and the AP Computer Science Female
Diversity Award. The school is fully accredited by five national commissioning agencies. Every
high school graduate has gone on to college or military service.