Mercersburg Academy has announced the first 13 members of its Class of 2025 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 group of students chosen for membership in Cum Laude are:

Landon Britton of Vienna, VA 
Grace Chi of Palo Alto, CA 
Olivia Glick of Culpeper, VA
Ava Guzic of Greencastle, PA
Tahir Hasanov of Ontario, Canada 
Collin Jin of Los Angeles, CA
Izabel (Bella) Levina of Dnipro, Ukraine
Daniel Liu of Hagerstown, MD
Jae Young (Justin) Oh of Seoul, Korea
Jihoo (Derrick) Park of Jeju-si, Korea
Anne Sehon of Oakton, VA
William (Oscar) Su of Hagerstown, MD
Gavin Williams of Mercersburg, PA

The second group of Cum Laude inductees from the Class of 2025 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: Daniel Liu, Tahir Hasanov, Olivia Glick, Bella Levina, Grace Chi, and Landon Britton. Second row, from left: Gavin WIlliams, Justin Oh, Oscar Su, Anne Sehon, Ava Guzic, Collin Jin, and Derrick Park.