Eastside Catholic School student Forest Heintz of North Bend has been named a Commended Student in the 2014 National Merit® Scholarship Program.

Eastside Catholic had a total of 10 students named Commended Students, including Dino De Raad, Ian Dorney, Preston Ewart, Matthew Iwicki, Brooks Meadowcroft and Joseph Meehan of Sammamish, Daniel Assumpcao of Woodinville and Miwako Ito and Quinn Murphy of Bellevue.

“We are all very proud of the accomplishments of these students,” said Principal Polly Skinner. “Each of them have shown outstanding dedication and focus for academic success.”

A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation were presented to the seniors.

About 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their academic promise.

Although they will not continue in the 2014 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, commended students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2014 competition by taking the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.