Christopher Czapla, principal of the Tamaqua Area Middle School, has released the names of students attaining honor roll status for the first marking period of the 2014-2015 school year.

To be eligible for highest honors, students must maintain a cumulative average of 95 or higher, with no grade lower than a 93. For high honors, students must earn grades of 90 or higher, with no grade lower than 86. An average of 86 or above, with no grade lower than 78 is required for honors status.Highest honorsEighth grade: Emily Amershek, Emily Barrett, Daniel Chinchar, Mason Dolinsky, Matthew Franklin, April Gerber, Olivia Lattanzi, Talia Lewis, Morgan Lusch, Sarah Maue, Kayla Sherry, Melanie Shimko, Justin Weiksner;Seventh grade: Ashlei Arthurton, Jake Barron, Adrian Bilodeau, Pierce Demetriades, Brianna Dumond, Thomas Fegley, Nathan Filloy, Sarah Frantz, Lucas Gregoire, Laurisa Gruver, Logan Hartney, Rebekah Hromyak, Matthew Kistler, Emma Kuczynski, Hayley Leslie, Lauren Marcolla, Lottie Mateyak, Madison McGlinchey, Brian Milot, Michael Minchhoff, Sadie Morrison, Nathaniel Noftz, Megan Schoener, Jamie Zuber;Sixth grade: Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Mia Alicandri, Ethan Amershek, Caroline Balogach, Toby Berg, Zachary Cerimele, Nami Choi, Aaron Coccio, Ian Davis, Sheridan Downing, Andrew Fiorilla, Ryne Fisher, Matthew Greenzweig, Zachary Groner, Morgan Hadesty, Daniel Hannon, Tyler Hazlett, Michael Hegedus, Frances Kabana, Kendra Kunkel, Julianna Liebsch, Leah Mateyak, Bryn Miller, Kiara Moser-MacDonald, Nastassia Orach, Caitlin Smith, Anya Stott, Harry Swinehart, Hailey Toth, Dominic Valentine, Nathan Wickersham, Katryna Williams, Johanna Wolbach, Riley Zeigenfuss.High honorsEighth grade: Kaitlyn Bender, Detrick Borden, John Buchala, Angeline Castagna, Miranda Chinchar, Brandi DeAngelo, Brianna Dinsmore, Brandon Eberts, Kailyn Erbe, Emily Fisher, William Frederick, Joseph Gursky, Thomas Hosler, Morgan Houser, Alice Hull, Paul Jandrisevitz, Hannah Kistler, Sierra Klinger, Nikolas Knepper, Takota Kromer, Alyssa Loar, Sarah Martinez, Luke Mateyak, Meghan McArdle, Sarah Melusky, Dylan Miller, Brady Moyer, Samantha Rossi, Jacob Rudy, Jada Schellhammer, Derian Stianche, Elizabeth Wagner, Kayla Zamudio;Seventh grade: Casey Akins, Savannah Alfaro, Autumn Ankiewicz, Emmeline Bensinger, Nathan Boyle, Amelia Cassell, Caleb Chakan, Emma Coccio, Daulton Eberts, Rene Engle, Zachery Engleman, Katherine Franklin, Jennifer Frederickson, Lauren Fritzinger, Alden Gilbert, Abrianna Gonzalez, Anthony Hartzell, Brayden Knoblauch, Sean Lavine, Ian Machay, Salvatore Manganelli, Sarah McCabe, Joseph Minehan, Jaclyn Ohl, Christopher Osenbach, Gretchen Pucklavage, Jocelyn Rega, Baylee Reinhardt, Delaney Renn, Jayden Rios, John Ross, Katelyn Rudy, Leah Sharer, Jaylen Smith, Damian Smolick, Barron Stauffenberg, Andrew Taras, Emily Titus, Ethan Turrano, Wyatt Zeigler, Matthew Zizelmann;Sixth grade: Tressa Barron, Emily Breslin, Shane Brown, Makenna Carroll, Jordyn Cusick-Graves, Bobby Duncan, Gretchen Epler, Nicholas Farber, Trisha Farber, Alexandra Frederick, Conner Fredericks, Ariel Frederickson, Emily Frey, Bria Gigli, Page Gittens, Haley Hamm, Logan Hess, Rachel Hinkle, Jessica Hollenbach, Emma Hope, David Hull, Natalie Hydro, Aryel Jacobo, Madelyn Jones, Makenna Kane, Katie Kressley, Emily Lawson, Justin Lewis, Kaya Lutz, Ella McLaughlin, Makenna Miller, Molly Murphy, Kaleb Mushock, Kayla Nunemacher, Anastasia Oertner, Colin Pickford, Paige Pratt, Megan Rolko, Anthony Ryan, Lucas Schickram, Jedediah Seibel, Angel Shiner, Michael Shlanta, Brianna Stackhouse, Annika Stahler, Dominic Stegmerten, Randolph Steigerwalt, Terra Steigerwalt, Tyler Steigerwalt, Gabriel Thomas, Alexus Warne, Kennedy Young, Nathaniel Zeigler.HonorsEighth grade: Ilan Basrawi, Juliet Billig, Dalton Bodman, Nicholas Breiner, Tyler Disbrow, Kaitlin Edwards, John Franko, Matthew Gazdick, Elizabeth Gehman, Peyton Gilbert, Madison Gomez, Wesley Griffin, Joseph Kmetz, Hunter Knepper, Airyanna Kowalski, Jane Kupchinsky, Claire Lewis, Alicia Morgan, Stephen Nieves, Amelia Redner, Tyler Reed, Andrea Riboldi, Gavin Richards, Theron Schlecht, Elijah Sotomayor, Elizabeth Stahl, Pacey Steigerwalt, Alexis Trevorah, Ryan Turner, Dustin Ulrich, Shelly Valentine, Holly Wagner, Samantha Wagner, Brooke Williams, Mariah Williams;Seventh grade: Brandon Andescavage, Dominick Banditelli, Carson Barron, Derek Bennett, Tyler Christman, Bryce Clifford, Olivia Eckert, Miracle Fisher, Brandon Fogarty, Bella Hamm, Cody Hamm, Matthew Hibbler, Lilith Hicks, Katie Hill, Alex Hosler, Amber Kistler, Madison Kohlmeir, Tate Ligenza, Brandon Lusch, Rachel Miller, Stephen Paules, Summer Rehrig, Zaccart Reppert, Adam Rex, Cameron Schilling, Cole Setcavage,Laura Smith, Olivia Stettler, Alana Troxell, Brooke Wargo, Hannah Wollweber, Lee Woods, Nicholas Zehner, Alexis Zeigler, Edward Zukovich;Sixth grade: Ryan Adams, Jerome Balliet, Alexander Barron, Alexis Bauder, Anjelika Bolletino, Sophia Boyle, Nyssa Calkins, Zachery Campomizzi, Nathaniel Curvey, Zachary Dannenfelser, Brooke Dietrich, Kevi Doblado, Trystan Donmoyer, Emma Edwards, Shelby Eichlin, Jared Eickhoff, Shelby Frederickson, Donald Goho, Shelly Goho, Samantha Haldaman, Jillian Hartranft, Braydan Hess, Nathan Hope, Aidan Jones, Jessica Koscak, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Riley Kraemer, Carson Krell, Mackenza Kunkle, Regina McMahon, Brady Miller, Madison Nicholls, Courtney Postupack, Bryson Sadusky, Brielle Saukynas, Joel Schellhammer, Dominick Shemwell, Jack Shuey, Letisha Snyder, Dallas Sterling, Reese Szabo, Alexsya Thomas, Joseph Toney, Luke Verta, Nicholas Wall, Kayla Weiser, Dax Weller, Seara White.