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 2015-16 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: Brianna Dumond, Rene Engle, Sarah Frantz, Jennifer Frederickson, Ashley Haldaman, Logan Hartney, Rebekah Hromyak, Emma Kuczynski, Hayley Leslie, Lauren Marcolla, Lotti Mateyak, Madison McGlinchey, Michael Minchhoff, Sadie Morrison, Nathaniel Noftz, Megan Schoener, Jamie Zuber;Seventh grade: Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Ethan Amershek, Aaron Coccio, Matthew Greenzweig, Zachary Groner, Bryn Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Molly Murphy, Caitlin Smith, Anya Stott, Hailey Toth, Dominic Valentine, Katryna Williams, Riley Zeigenfuss;Sixth grade: Cole Ackerman, Emilee Albert, Jacob Basrawi, Nicholas Behr, Danny Brooks, Anthony Coccio, Callista Fannock, Gauge Hartney, Christopher Heim, Alec Humes, Serena Jones, Makayla Kester, Deanna Kowalski, Kyra Lusch, Laura Mace, Jacob Mavricz, Zachary McGlinchey, Stephen Modesto, Mason Moyer, Connor Murphy, Cheryl Nice, Chanelle Pena, Kassia Radocha, Makenna Renn, Gabrielle Robb, Theodore Ross, Trenton Schlecht, Zoe Seltzer, Braden Sherry, Meagan Sweeney, Jacob Wasserleben, Rylee Wenzel, Amanda Wunderlich.High honorsEighth grade: Casey Akins, Savannah Alfaro, Brandon Andescavage, Autumn Ankiewicz, Ashlei Arthurton, Jake Barron, Derek Bennett, Adrian Bilodeau, Nathan Boyle, Amelia Cassell, Caleb Chakan, Emma Coccio, Victoria DeFinis, Pierce Demetriades, Daulton Eberts, Nathan Filloy, Zachery Frie, Lauren Fritzinger, Alden Gilbert, Julio Gonzalez, Lucas Gregoire, Laurisa Gruver, Bella Hamm, Amber Kistler, Matthew Kistler, Brayden Knoblauch, Sean Lavine, Ian Machay, Salvatore Manganelli, Brian Milot, Jaclyn Ohl, Christopher Osenbach, Jocelyn Rega, Baylee Reinhardt, Delaney Renn, John Ross, Katelyn Rudy, Laura Smith, Damian Smolick, Barron Stauffenberg, Andrew Taras, Emily Titus, Alana Troxell, Matthew Zizelmann;Seventh grade: Tressa Barron, Juliana Bowman, Shane Brown, Makenna Carroll, Zachary Cerimele, Ian Davis, Andrew Fiorilla, Ryne Fisher, Conner Fredericks, Ariel Frederickson, Shelby Frederickson, Donald Goho, Samantha Haldaman, Daniel Hannon, Tyler Hazlett, Michael Hegedus, Rachel Hinkle, Jessica Hollenbach, Emma Hope, Natalie Hydro, Jessica Koscak, Mackenza Kunkle, Emily Lawson, Justin Lewis, Kaya Lutz, Leah Mateyak, Connor Milkovich, Brady Miller, Makenna Miller, Kiara Moser-MacDonald, Nastassia Orach, Colin Pickford, Paige Pratt, Megan Rolko, Anthony Ryan, Randolph Steigerwalt, Tyler Steigerwalt, Gabriel Thomas, Alexus Warne, Kayla Weiser, Nathan Wickersham, Johanna Wolbach;Sixth grade: Charlie Apanco, Madison Baddick, Thomas Barrett, Brittney Bartasavage, Calissa Blackwell, Liam Bordern, Jarek Boyle, Dillon Brown, Olivia Brown, Ariana Chalk, Bryn Clifford, Amanda Condrack, Ross Connely, Noelle DeKorte, Skyler DeKorte, Marisol Depos, Ian DiPasqua, Cole Eberts, Arnold Fernandez, Amber Flannagan, Erica Goho, Mateo Gomez, Nathaniel Gregoire, Ahn Griffin, Linsey Hamm, Abbagail Harley, Dylan Haskins, Mya Heffner, Niko Jacoby, Ashley Jones, Nathan Kitchel, Lestat Knitter, Steven Kostecky, Madalyn Kressley, Angel Ladlee, Adam Linkhorst, Morgan McGuinness, Benjamin McNutt, Keith Meckes, McKenna Meckes, Tucker Miller, Joseph Oswald, Vanessa Poko, Salvatore Randazzo, Taylor Rodgers, Gavin Semko, Alyssia Squyres, Grace Stegemerten, Michael Steigerwalt, Alexa Stianche, Kinora Suarez, Jillian Tite, Phuong Tran, Maura Walker, Tiffany Wetherell, Kaitlyn Yorgey.HonorsEighth grade: Dominick Banditelli, Emmeline Bensinger, Madison Berk, Nicko Bolletino, Bryce Clifford, Nicholas DiMarco, Haily DiPasqua, Jody Eaches, Sean Eickhoff, Brandon Fogarty, Brynn Gigli, Abrianna Gonzalez, Keith Goodroe, Cody Hamm, Sydney Ho, Alex Hosler, Madison Kohlmeir, Tate Ligenza, Francesca LoDuca, Michael Lucas, Brandon Lusch, Sarah McCabe, Caleb Monk, Stephen Paules, Zaccary Reppert, Adam Rex, Jayden Rios, Cameron Schilling, Cole Setcavage, Jaylen Smith, Olivia Stettler, Kip Tonkin, Santos Torres, Kannisha Torres-Diaz, Brooke Wargo, Lee Woods, Nicholas Zehner, Wyatt Zeigler;Seventh grade: Ryan Adams, Jerome Balliet, Caroline Balogach, Alexander Barron, Dakota Beaver, Toby Berg, Anjelika Bolletino, Sophia Boyle, Emily Breslin, Nyssa Calkins, Nami Choi, Cierra Conahan, Brooke Dietrich, Sheridan Downing, Shelby Eichlin, Gretchen Epler, Nicholas Farber, Trisha Farber, Alexandra Frederick, Emily Frey, Bria Gigli, Page Gittens, Shelly Goho, Morga Hadesty, Haley Hamm, Jillian Hartranft, Braydan Hess, Logan Hess, David Hull, Aryel Jacobo, Madelyn Jones, Frances Kabana, Makenna Kane, Haleigh Keiner, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Carson Krell, Katie Kressley, Kendra Kunkel, Julianna Liebsch, Ella McLaughlin, Regina McMahon, Kaleb Mushock, Kayla Nunemacher, Anastasia Oertner, Courtney Postupack, Dylan Robinson, Joel Schellhammer, Jedediah Seibel, Angel Shiner, Annika Stahler, Dominic Stegemerten, Terra Steigerwalt, Harry Swinehart, Alexsya Thomas, Nicholas Wall, Kennedy Young, Dakota Zakashefski;Sixth grade: Leslie Antonio-Martinez, Julia Bailey, Amber Bixler, Deven Boyer, Miguel Bravo, Luca Cammarota, Thomas Case, Jocelyn Clause, Liberty Clymer, Joseph Coleman, Nevaeh Coleman, McKenzee Coombe, Bryce DeAngelo, Sean Eberts, Kay Edmonds, Emma Elko, Ryleigh Ford, Gabriel Fritz, Joshua Gerhart, Austin Harris, Benjamin Hehn, Connor Hill, Jaiden Hill, Bashkim Hoti, Damere Jackson, Colby Kistler, Samantha Koch, Megane Lawson, Pasquale LoDuca, Shaun Mazur, Nathan Milkovits, Haedyn Mokshefski, Trevor O'Brien, Keri Oswald, Sabrina Pratt, Victoria Pratt, Phoenix Ritchie, Mia Shaw, Tyshawn Sullivan, Breanna Thomas, Julianna Vartuli, Xavier Vasko, Kallia Wall, Shyann Weighknecht, Gavin Welker, Sydney Woleslagle, Donovan Yulanavage.