National Merit Scholarship
The National Merit Scholarship semifinalists are chosen for scoring in the top 1% nationally on their PSAT. From this pool, merit scholarship winners are chosen in March. As these scholarship awards are national, they can be applied to any college or university. Bedford High School’s 2025-26 recipients are:
- Tyler Munsie
- Daniel Nappi
- Niall Wang
The following students were National Merit Commended, earning close to the semifinalist qualification:
| Anderson, Jared |
| Bhattacharya, Sayontika |
| Bryan, James |
| Chen, Anjie |
| Collins, Kate |
| Gu, Evan |
| Liu, Ryan |
| Macera, Matthew |
| Nam, Grace |
| Nene, Aadit |
| Plurad, Madeline |
| Sharma, Milind |
| Shen, Matthew |
| Singh, Pratyush |
| Stewart, Paul |
| Sudakar, Rishabh |
| Vaidianathan, Sharanya |
| Voleti, Jairam |
Adams Scholarship
The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship is awarded to Massachusetts high school students who score in the top 25% of their year’s MCAS. These students are awarded free tuition to Massachusetts state colleges. Bedford High’s recipients in 2025-26 are:
| Aloise, Sophia |
| Anderson, Jared |
| Banister, Victoria |
| Bhattacharya, Sayontika |
| Bowlan, Verna |
| Bryan, James |
| Bujalski, Mary |
| Chen, Anjie |
| Cheng, Michael |
| Chiu, Evelyn |
| Chow, Nicholas |
| Collins, Kate |
| Cutrona, Abigail |
| Dogan-West, Carinna |
| Erawan, Kearsley |
| Gu, Evan |
| Harte, Finn |
| Karen, Matthew |
| Keefe, Lucy |
| Kennedy, Catherine |
| Kim, Johanna |
| Kolak, Matthew |
| Larimore, Chase |
| Liu, Ryan |
| Lu, Christina |
| Macera, Matthew |
| Marino, Anderson |
| Munsie, Tyler |
| Nam, Grace |
| Nappi, Daniel |
| Nene, Aadit |
| Nichols, Taelor |
| Noh, Michael |
| Okamoto, Nao |
| Plurad, Madeline |
| Sharma, Milind |
| Shen, Matthew |
| Singh, Pratyush |
| Stewart, Paul |
| Sudakar, Rishabh |
| Tao, Robert |
| Toews, Ava |
| Trant, Miles |
| Vaidianathan, Sharanya |
| Vance, John (Jack) |
| Venkatesh, Sri Sthuthi |
| Voleti, Jairam |
| Wang, Niall |
| Whitted, Leah |
| Woo, Kate |
| Wood, Chloe |
| Xu, Brian |
| Yang, Alan |
