Christopher Czapla, principal of the Tamaqua Area Middle School, has released the names of students attaining honor roll status for the third marking period of the 2016-17 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: Ethan Amershek, Zachary Cerimele, Zachary Groner, Justin Lewis, Elizabeth Miller, Caitlin Smith, Anya Stott, Dominic Valentine, Anthony Witczak, Riley Zeigenfuss;Seventh grade: Cole Ackerman, Jacob Basrawi, Nicholas Behr, Liam Borden, Danny Brooks, Skyler DeKorte, Callista Fannock, Ahn Griffin, Makayla Kester, Laura Mace, Mason Moyer, Chanelle Pena, Gabrielle Robb, Theodore Ross, Braden Sherry, Maura Walker, Jacob Wasserleben;Sixth grade: Nelson Bensinger, Sean Fisher, Matthew Jones, Grace Kinder, Alexxa Kowalski, Brandon Long, Rylie Lusch, Riley MacMillan, Cian McLaughlin, Katie Miller, Marissa Miller, Christina Modesto, Gracie Nallon, Megan Oswald, McKayla Reese, Alexis Squyres, Jonathan Ulicny, Gianni Valentine, Ryan Vecolitis, Brooke Williams.High honorsEighth grade: Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Tressa Barron, Shane Brown, Makenna Carroll, Aaron Coccio, Ian Davis, Tait Ehrig, Andrew Fiorilla, Ariel Frederickson, Shelby Frederickson, Page Gittens, Matthew Greenzweig, Morgan Hadesty, Tyler Hazlett, Michael Hegedus, Jessica Hollenbach, Emma Hope, David Hull, Natalie Hydro, Aryel Jacobo, Frances Kabana, Mackenza Kunkle, Emily Lawson, Regina McMahon, Bryn Miller, Makenna Miller, Kaleb Mushock, Nastassia Orach, Colin Pickford, Paige Pratt, Dominic Stegmerten, Randolph Steigerwalt, Tyler Steigerwalt, Hailey Toth, Nathan Wickersham, Katryna Williams, Johanna Wolbach;Seventh grade: Emilee Albert, Charlie Apanco, Ayrton Auman, Madison Baddick, Jarek Boyle, Olivia Brown, Anthony Coccio, McKenzee Coombe, Cole Eberts, Mateo Gomez, Nathaniel Gregoire, Andrew Griffin, Gauge Hartney, Ashley Jones, Serena Jones, Nathan Kitchel, Steve Kostecky, Deanna Kowalski, Megane Lawson, Kyra Lusch, Jacob Mavricz, Zachary McGlichey, Tucker Miller, Connor Murphy, Kassia Radocha, Makenna Renn, Taylor Rodgers, Paola Santana, Trenton Schlecht, Alyssia Squyres, Grace Stegmerten, Alexa Stianche, Meagan Sweeney, Jillian Tite, Rylee Wenzel, Tiffany Wetherell, Amanda Wunderlich, Kaitlynn Yorgey, Donovan Yulanavage;Sixth grade: Gabriel Arcand, Basma Bajwa, Jonathon Barr, Jacob Carroll, Angelina Casella, Kyra DeKorte, Chloe Ensinger, Emily Ensinger, Diliah Espinosa, Nathan Fannock, Helen Florea, Timothy Fritzinger, Alexandria Fucci, Mason Gerber, Haley Giuliano, John Goho, Kylie Greenzweig, Layla Hall, Luis Hernandez, Ashlyn Houser, James Kemmerer, John Klein, Jack Klingaman, Jayden Kubert, Megan Lavine, Cameron Lewis, Eileen Lusch, Anna McCabe, Lucas Milot, Alexander Nattress, Sabrina Nguyen, Andrew Pilla, William Puckette, Daeja Riddick, Aaron Rolko, Elexus Starr, Jonas Swinehart, Joselyn Tamagini, Leah Turner, Hailey Williams, Anna Zelinsky.HonorsEighth grade: Ryan Adams, Alexander Barron, Dakota Beaver, Toby Berg, Sophia Boyle, Emily Breslin, Namo Choi, Madalyn Christman, Brooke Dietrich, Sheridan Downing, Shelby Eichlin, Nicholas Farber, Ryne Fisher, Alexandra Frederick, Shelly Goho, Joshua Grim, Daniel Hannon, Jillian Hartranft, Rachel Hinkle, Madelyn Jones, Nathaniel Kalchick, Makenna Kane, Jessica Koscak, Kendra Kunkel, Courtney Loar, Leah Mateyak, Ella McLaughlin, Connor Mikovich, Brady Miller, Kiara Moser-MacDonald, Molly Murphy, Madison Nicholls, Anastasia Oertner, Quinton Reber, Megan Rolko, Joel Schellhammer, Jedediah Seibel, Letisha Snyder, Ember Starr, Reese Szabo, Gabriel Thomas, Nicholas Wall, Alexus Warne;Seventh grade: Lesslie Antonio-Martinez, Thomas Barrett, Brittney Bartasavage, Amber Bixler, Calissa Blackwell, Deven Boyer, Miguel Bravo, Dillon Brown, Luca Cammarota, Thomas Case, Ariana Chalk, Jocelyn Clause, Bryn Clifford, Joseph Coleman, Amanda Condrack, Ross Connely, Noelle DeKorte, Sean Eberts, Amber Flannagan, Ryleigh Ford, Alfonso Gambino, Mya Heffner, Benjamin Hehn, Alec Humes, Olivia Jones, Kailie Kranch, Madalyn Kressley, Adam Linkhorst, Shaun Mazur, Keith Meckes, McKenna Meckes, Cheryl Nice, Joseph Oswald, Victoria Pratt, Phoenix Ritchie, Zoe Seltzer, Gavin Semko, Michael Steigerwalt, Phuong Tran, Kallia Wall, Sydney Woleslagle, Tatum Ziegenfuss;Sixth grade: Autumn Ackles, Donavin Albert, Chase Andrews, Samantha Bowes, Tucker Bowman, Alexis Brito, Allie Clausius, Alex Collura, Jaden Coombe, Isaac Curvey, Tegan Devlin, Kadence Dietrich, Jada Eaches, Trinity Edmonds, McKenna Ehrig, Jackson Eidem, Erika Gerhard, Ryann Goho, Piper Haldaman, Lauren Hill, Besnik Hoti, Emily Hunsicker, Mason Job, Mia Jones, Kelsey Kraemer, Kaylee Kuhn, Ava Kunkel, Samuel Kunkle, Megan Logan, Zachary Markiewicz, Aiden Markowski, Raiden McNay, Pamela Miller, Emma Morgans, John Nakata, Leah Nelson, Abbie Ostrowski, Parker Oswald, Pamela Santana, Ali Shiner, Ryan Snyder, Jessica Stackhouse, Sean Wall, Sommer Welker, Kaia Weller, Hope Young.