Bethpage senior named National Merit Finalist Chaverim Heroes collect cereal boxes for Island Harvest

Bethpage High School senior Georgia Karaisarides (right) was named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Pictured with Bethpage High School Principal Nicholas Jantz.

Georgia Karaisarides, a senior at Bethpage High School, was recently recognized as a finalist in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 15,000 finalists who will continue in the competition with the hopes of receiving one of the 7,250 National Merit Scholarships.

Karaisarides was selected as a semifinalist in September based on her excellent score on the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. To earn the finalist title, she had to submit a detailed scholarship application with a high school official. This included providing her academic record, information on her extracurricular activities, proof of leadership abilities and more. As a finalist, Karaisarides was presented with a Certificate of Merit.

Temple Chaverim in Plainview recently started a new group called Chaverim Heroes which provides an opportunity for families to come together and perform community services.

For its first event on Sunday, February 12, families brought cereal boxes to donate to Island Harvest, which helps families and individuals in need.

In addition, the families joined in some fun cereal activities (cereal bar, cereal tic tac toe, cereal necklace making, etc), learned about the importance of volunteering and then created a giant domino line of cereal boxes to knock down.

The group ’ s next activity will be a Children ’ s Book Drive, with a special guest reader and crafts on Sunday, March 26, at 11 a.m.

Family members did craft projects while learning about the importance of volunteering.

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