Mercersburg Academy has announced the first 12 members of its Class of 2026 to be chosen for induction into the school’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society, which recognizes the highest level of academic achievement within the school. Mercersburg is one of 382 secondary schools across the country with a Cum Laude Society chapter. The students chosen for membership in Cum Laude are:

• Bauhinia Chen of Hong Kong
• Jason Chu of Hoboken, NJ
• Sean Flaherty of Kensington, MD
• Adrienne Howard of Engelberg, Switzerland
• Audrey Hua of Guilford, CT
• Christine Jiang of Atherton, CA
• Annie Mohr of Mercersburg, PA
• Duc Nguyen of Hanoi, Vietnam
• Frederick Wu of Shanghai, China
• Charlie Xu of Shanghai, China
• Michael Zhang of Charleston, SC
• Thomas Zhu of Shanghai, China

The second group of Cum Laude inductees from the Class of 2026 will be announced during the spring term.

Cum Laude honorees are elected as seniors by faculty and staff members of Mercersburg’s Cum Laude chapter in recognition of excellence in academic work. The Cum Laude Society, which was founded in 1906, is billed as the secondary school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa.

Pictured, front row, from left: Jason Chu, Christine Jiang, Sean Flaherty, Duc Nguyen, Bauhinia Chen, Audrey Hua. Second row, from left: Michael Zhang, Charlie Xu, Thomas Zhu, Frederick Wu, Adrienne Howard, Annie Mohr.