Christopher Czapla, principal of the Tamaqua Area Middle School, has released the names of students attaining honor roll status for the final 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, Tressa Barron, Zachary Cerimele, Aaron Coccio, Ariel Frederickson, Zachary Groner, Frances Kabana, Justin Lewis, Bryn Miller, Makenna Miller, Jedediah Seibel, Caitlin Smith, Anya Stott, Dominic Valentine, Kayla Weiser, Katryna Williams, Johanna Wolbach;Seventh grade: Cole Ackerman, Jacob Basrawi, Danny Brooks, Skyler DeKorte, Callista Fannock, Andrew Griffin, Laura Mace, Zachary McGlinchey, Mason Moyer, Chanelle Pena, Gabrielle Robb, Theodore Ross, Braden Sherry, Tiffany Wetherell, Amanda Wunderlich, Kaitlynn Yorgey;Sixth grade: Nelson Bensinger, Kyra DeKorte, Chloe Ensinger, Nathan Fannock, Sean Fisher, Helen Florea, Timothy Fritzinger, Ashlyn Houser, Matthew Jones, Grace Kinder, Alexxa Kowalski, Brandon Long, Rylie Lusch, Riley MacMillan, Cian McLaughlin, Katie Miller, Christina Modesto, Gracie Nallon, Megan Oswald, Alexis Squyres, Jonathan Ulicny, Gianni Valentine, Ryan Vecolitis, Brooke Williams.High honorsEighth grade: Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Zachary Campomizzi, Namo Choi, Ian Davis, Shelby Eichlin, Andrew Fiorilla, Shelby Frederickson, Page Gittens, Matthew Greenzweig, Morgan Hadesty, Daniel Hannon, Tyler Hazlett, Michael Hegedus, Rachel Hinkle, Jessica Hollenbach, Emma Hope, David Hull, Natalie Hydro, Aryel Jacobo, Madelyn Jones, Kendra Kunkel, Mackenza Kunkle, Leah Mateyak, Regina McMahon, Connor Mikovich, Elizabeth Miller, Molly Murphy, Kaleb Mushock, Nastassia Orach, Paige Pratt, Dominic Stegmerten, Randolph Steigerwalt, Tyler Steigerwalt, Hailey Toth, Alexus Warne, Nathan Wickersham, Anthony Witczak, Riley Zeigenfuss;Seventh grade: Charlie Apanco, Ayrton Auman, Madison Baddick, Thomas Barrett, Brittney Bartasavage, Nicholas Behr, Liam Borden, Ariana Chalk, Anthony Coccio, Noelle DeKorte, Sean Eberts, Ryleigh Ford, Nathaniel Gregoire, Ahn Griffin, Gauge Hartney, Benjamin Hehn, Ashley Jones, Serena Jones, Makayla Kester, Nathan Kitchel, Kailie Kranch, Madalyn Kressley, Megane Lawson, Kyra Lusch, Jacob Mavricz, McKenna Meckes, Tucker Miller, Connor Murphy, Joseph Oswald, Makenna Renn, Phoenix Ritchie, Trenton Schlecht, Alyssia Squyres, Grace Stegmerten, Meagan Sweeney, Maura Walker, Jacob Wasserleben, Rylee Wenzel, Tatum Ziegenfuss;Sixth grade: Autumn Ackles, Gabriel Arcand, Jonathon Barr, Jacob Carroll, Alex Collura, Emily Ensinger, Diliah Espinosa, Mason Gerber, John Goho, Kylie Greenzweig, Layla Hall, Luis Hernandez, Lauren Hill, Mia Jones, Kelsey Kraemer, Jayden Kubert, Ava Kunkel, Samuel Kunkle, Megan Lavine, Cameron Lewis, Eileen Lusch, Anna McCabe, Marissa Miller, Lucas Milot, Esmeralda Morales, Alexander Nattress, Sabrina Nguyen, Andrew Pilla, William Puckette, McKayla Reese, Daeja Riddick, Aaron Rolko, Ali Shiner, Elexus Starr, Jonas Swinehart, Leah Turner, Kaia Weller, Hailey Williams.HonorsEighth grade: Ryan Adams, Caroline Balogach, Toby Berg, Tony Bolton, Juliana Bowman, Sophia Boyle, Shane Brown, Makenna Carroll, Brooke Dietrich, Sheridan Downing, Tait Ehrig, Emily Frey, Bria Gigli, Donald Goho, Shelly Goho, Brayden Hess, Kelly Johnson, Nathaniel Kalchick, Makenna Kane, Jessica Koscak, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Katie Kressley, Courtney Loar, Kelsey McCullough, Ella McLaughlin, Brady Miller, Madison Nicholls, Anastasia Oertner, Colin Pickford, Quinton Reber, Megan Rolko, Angel Shiner, Letisha Snyder, Ember Starr, Gabriel Thomas;Seventh grade: Emilee Albert, Lesslie Antonio-Martinez, Amber Bixler, Calissa Blackwell, Jarek Boyle, Miguel Bravo, Dillon Brown, Olivia Brown, Luca Cammarota, Thomas Case, Braxton Chuma, Jocelyn Clause, Bryn Clifford, Joseph Coleman, Amanda Condrack, Ross Connely, McKenzee Coombe, Bryce DeAngelo, Cole Eberts, Kay Edmonds, Arnold Fernandez, Amber Flannagan, Gabriel Fritz, Alfonso Gambino, Mateo Gomez, Linsey Hamm, Mya Heffner, Christopher Heim, Alec Humes, Colby Kistler, Samantha Koch, Steve Kostecky, Deanna Kowalski, Sierra Mader, Larissa Markey, Nathan Milkovits, Cheryl Nice, Trevor O'Brien, Victoria Pratt, Kassia Radocha, Jaydyn Raposo, Taylor Rodgers, Paola Santana, Zoe Seltzer, Gavin Semko, Michael Steigerwalt, Alexa Stianche, Jillian Tite, Phuong Tran, Jarrod Troxell, Xavier Vasko, David Wetherspoon, Trenyce Wingler, Sydney Woleslagle, Donovan Yulanavage;Sixth grade: Chase Andrews, Eric Ankiewicz, Basma Bajwa, Valerie Blasko, Samantha Bowes, Tucker Bowman, Angelina Casella, Kadence Dietrich, Brayden Dombrosky, Jada Eaches, Trinity Edmonds, McKenna Ehrig, Robert Fredericks, Alexandria Fucci, Erika Gerhard, Haley Giuliano, Ryann Goho, Blake Gruver, Matthew Hedrick, Besnik Hoti, Mason Job, James Kemmerer, John Klein, Jack Klingaman, Kaylee Kuhn, Megan Logan, Zachary Markiewicz, Aiden Markowski, Pamela Miller, John Nakata, Parker Oswald, Adrian Santana, Pamela Santana, Josie Schickram, Ryan Snyder, Joselyn Tamagini, McKenna Thompson, Zaidyn Walker, Sean Wall, Sommer Welker, Anna Zelinsky.