Christopher Czapla, principal of the Tamaqua Area Middle School, has released the names of students attaining honor roll status for the second 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, Shane Brown, Zachary Cerimele, Ariel Frederickson, Zachary Groner, Tyler Hazlett, Bryn Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Nastassia Orach, Caitlin Smith, Anya Stott, Hailey Toth, Dominic Valentine, Anthony Witczak;Seventh grade: Emilee Albert, Jacob Basrawi, Nicholas Behr, Danny Brooks, Callista Fannock, Nathaniel Gregoire, Ahn Griffin, Laura Mace, Zachary McGlinchey, Mason Moyer, Chanelle Pena, Gabrielle Robb, Theodore Ross, Braden Sherry, Maura Walker, Kaitlynn Yorgey;Sixth grade: Sean Fisher, Timothy Fritzinger, Ashlyn Houser, Alexxa Kowalski, Brandon Long, Rylie Lusch, Riley MacMillan, Cian McLaughlin, Katie Miller, Christina Modesto, Gracie Nallon, Alexander Nattress, Alexis Squyres, Jonathan Ulicny, Gianni Valentine, Ryan Vecolitis, Brooke Williams.High honorsEighth grade: Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Tressa Barron, Makenna Carroll, Aaron Coccio, Andrew Fiorilla, Ryne Fisher, Page Gittens, Matthew Greenzweig, Morgan Hadesty, Daniel Hannon, Michael Hegedus, Jessica Hollenbach, Emma Hope, Natalie Hydro, Aryel Jacobo, Frances Kabana, Mackenza Kunkle, Justin Lewis, Leah Mateyak, Regina McMahon, Connor Mikovich, Molly Murphy, Kaleb Mushock, Colin Pickford, Paige Pratt, Megan Rolko, Jedeiah Seibel, Dominic Stegmerten, Tyler Steigerwalt, Nathan Wickersham, Katryna Williams, Johanna Wolbach, Riley Zeigenfuss;Seventh grade: Cole Ackerman, Charlie Apanco, Ayrton Auman, Thomas Barrett, Liam Borden, Jarek Boyle, Dillon Brown, Olivia Brown, Anthony Coccio, Amanda Condrack, Noelle DeKorte, Skyler DeKorte, Cole Eberts, Alfonso Gambino, Andrew Griffin, Gauge Hartney, Mya Heffner, Serena Jones, Makayla Kester, Nathan Kitchel, Deanna Kowalski, Kailie Kranch, Madalyn Kressley, Kyra Lusch, McKenna Meckes, Tucker Miller, Stephen Modesto, Cheryl Nice, Victoria Pratt, Kassia Radocha, Makenna Renn, Taylor Rodgers, Paola Santana, Zoe Seltzer, Alyssia Squyres, Grace Stegmerten, Jillian Tite, Jacob Wasserleben, Rylee Wenzel, Tiffany Wetherell, Amanda Wunderlich;Sixth grade: Gabriel Arcand, Basma Bajwa, Jonathon Barr, Nelson Bensinger, Tucker Bowman, Jacob Carroll, Angelina Casella, Kyra DeKorte, Kadence Dietrich, Brayden Dombrosky, Chloe Ensinger, Diliah Espinosa, Nathan Fannock, Helen Florea, Mason Gerber, Erika Gerhard, Haley Giuliano, John Goho, Kylie Greenzweig, Piper Haldaman, Layla Hall, Luis Hernandez, Emily Hunsicker, Matthew Jones, Mia Jones, Grace Kinder, Kelsey Kraemer, Jayden Kubert, Samuel Kunkle, Megan Lavine, Cameron Lewis, Eileen Lusch, Zachary Markiewicz, Anna McCabe, Marissa Miller, Lucas Milot, Sabrina Nguyen, Megan Oswald, Andrew Pilla, William Puckette, Daeja Riddick, Aaron Rolko, Ali Shiner, Elexus Starr, Joselyn Tamagini, Leah Turner, Sean Wall, Sommer Welker, Hailey Williams, Anna Zelinsky;HonorsEighth grade: Caroline Balogach, Toby Berg, Sophia Boyle, NAMI Choi, Madalyn Christman, Ian Davis, Brooke Dietrich, Sheridan Downing, Nicholas Farber, Alexandra Frederick, Conner Fredericks, Shelby Frederickson, Bria Gigli, Donald Goho, Shelly Goho, Jillian Hartranft, Braydan Hess, Rachel Hinkle, Nathan Hope, David Hull, Nathaniel Kalchick, Makenna Kane, Jessica Koscak, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Katie Kressley, Kendra Kunkel, Emily Lawson, Courtney Loar, Kaya Lutz, Ella McLaughlin, Brady Miller, Makenna Miller, Kiara Moser-MacDonald, Anastasia Oertner, Quinton Reber, Dylan Rocchetti, Angel Shiner, Michael Shlanta, Eva Snyder, Randolph Steigerwalt, Terra Steigerwalt, Gabriel Thomas, Luke Verta, Nicholas Wall, Alexus Warne, Ja'Shon Yelito;Seventh grade: Lesslie Antonio-Martinez, Madison Baddick, Julia Bailey, Brittney Bartasavage, Calissa Blackwell, Luca Cammarota, Thomas Case, Jocelyn Clause, Bryn Clifford, Joseph Coleman, Ross Connely, Bryce DeAngelo, Sean Eberts, Kay Edmonds, Amber Flannagan, Ryleigh Ford, Joshua Gerhart, Mateo Gomez, Linsey Hamm, Benjamin Hehn, Alec Humes, Ashley Jones, Colby Kistler, Samantha Koch, Steven Kostecky, Megane Lawson, Adam Linkhorst, Shaun Mazur, Keith Meckes, Nathan Milkovits, Connor Murphy, Trevor O'Brien, Joseph Oswald, Jaydyn Raposo, Phoenix Ritchie, Trenton Schlecht, Gavin Semko, Alexa Stianche, Phuong Tran, Kallia Wall, Gavin Welker, Sydney Woleslagle, Donovan Yulanavage;Sixth grade: Autumn Ackles, Donavin Albert, Eric Ankiewicz, Valerie Blasko, Allie Clausius, Alex Collura, Tegan Devlin, Nolan Dietrich, Jada Eaches, Trinity Edmonds, McKenna Ehrig, Jackson Eidem, Emily Ensinger, Robert Fredericks, Alexandria Fucci, Ryann Goho, Besnik Hoti, Mason Job, James Kemmerer, John Klein, Jack Klingaman, Kaylee Kuhn, Ava Kunkel, Megan Logan, Aiden Markowski, Pamela Miller, Esmeralda Morales, John Nakata, Leah Nelson, McKayla Reese, Pamela Santana, Ryan Snyder, Jonas Swinehart, Kaia Weller, Hope Young.