Susquehanna Valley High School seniors Maria Salva and Stephen Poletto have been named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. That places the pair among the top 50,000 of more than 1.4 million students who entered the 2008 National Merit Program by taking the 2006 PSAT/NMSQT. Salva and poletto are among 34,000 Commended Students nationwide who have shown exceptional academic promise. Photo by Jim Hull