BCHS student named ‘Commended Student’ by 2025 National Merit Scholarship program

Bristol Central's Grace Mazzone is a "Commended Student" as a result of her performance on the 2023 PSATs. | BCHS

Posted By: David Fortier October 4, 2024

Grace Mazzone, a senior at Bristol Central High School, has been named a “Commended Student” in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.

“Grace is an amazing student and even better person,” Pete Wininger, BCHS principal, said. “She’s not only a scholar, she is a humanitarian. She gives her time and talent to the community in a number of different ways. We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments.”

Mazzone is among the approximately 34,000 commended students nationwide “being recognized for their exceptional academic promise,” according to the letter to the school.

The honor comes from Mazzone’s scores on the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or PSAT/NMSQT.

Her interests are international civil rights “with a side order of mathematics,” Wininger said.

Among Mazzone’s volunteer activities are the Challenger Fun Day Volunteer Interact Club, lector at St. Joseph Parish, teacher at South Side Elementary School for the After School Italian Program and Senior Center Dinners with the Interact Club at Bristol Senior Community Center.

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