HEBRON – Hebron Academy Head John King has announced that Allison M. Coombs of Livermore and Deane H. Napoli of Auburn have been named Commended Students in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Coombs and Napoli, seniors, will receive Letters of Commendation from Hebron and the National Merit Scholarship Corp., which conducts the program. As Commended Students, Coombs and Napoli placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1 million students who took the 2004 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

In addition to maintaining a full academic courseload, Coombs was selected by residential faculty at Hebron to be a student proctor this year, a position awarded to students who demonstrate leadership, communication skills and the ability to work well with their peers. They are instrumental in managing the school’s residential life program.

Coombs was elected treasurer of the senior class, is a member of the Green Key admissions tour guide group and performed in the all-school musical production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” last year. She is a member of the lacrosse team.

During the past summer, she attended Bentley College’s business camp, Wall Street 101, a one-week residential program that provides a technology-rich, interactive, inside look at Wall Street. She is the daughter of Rosanna and Douglas Coombs of Livermore.

Napoli, who has interests in photography, freeride skiing and lacrosse, is the son of Becky and Charlie Napoli of Auburn. His courses this year include AP English and economics.

For several summers, he has worked for an aquatic engineer in Boothbay Harbor and his volunteer activities have included fund-raising for the Skyline Farms handicapped carriage driver program and the West Quoddy Lightkeepers Association.

As a Hebron Middle School student, Napoli participated for two summers in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, a national program that complements and parallels a gifted child’s regular school experience, and is open to students who score in the top 5 percent of their school’s qualifying standardized tests.

King also announced that five students from Hebron Academy have earned the designation of AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exam.

The AP Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advance placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exam.

Earning this distinction are G. Morgan Browne of Massachusetts, Katrina Draper of Raymond, Franco Reda of Quebec, Michael Sedgewick of Auburn and Bettina Voigt of New Gloucester, all graduates from the class of 2005.

For more information about the school, visit www.hebronacademy.org or call 966-2100.