ST. CHARLES – St. Charles North High School students Johnathon Small and Hannah Werman have been named semifinalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program, St. Charles School District 303 announced Wednesday.

They are among 16,000 students nationwide who have been selected for this honor. Finalists will be notified in February.

Twelve D-303 students have also earned commended status in the National Merit program. At St. Charles East, they are Yash Bhatia, Clayton Davis, John McDermott, Jason Obrecht, Katherine Swartz, Steven Wang and Benjamin Womack. At St. Charles North, they are Elizabeth Czapski, Todd Dickey, Noah Meyer, Victoria Rutherford and Ashley Sillin.