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 2016-2017 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, Ariel Frederickson, Matthew Greenzweig, Zachary Groner, Daniel Hannon, Frances Kabana, Bryn Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Nastassia Orach, Caitlin Smith, Anya Stott, Hailey Toth, Dominic Valentine, Katryna Williams, Anthony Witczak, Johanna Wolbach, Riley Zeigenfuss;Seventh grade: Cole Ackerman, Emilee Albert, Jacob Basrawi, Liam Borden, Danny Brooks, Callista Fannock, Nathaniel Gregoire, Laura Mace, Zachary McGlinchey, Mason Moyer, Makenna Renn, Gabrielle Robb, Theodore Ross, Braden Sherry, Alyssia Squyres, Jacob Wasserleben, Kaitlynn Yorgey;Sixth grade: Nelson Bensinger, Nathan Fannock, Sean Fisher, Timothy Fritzinger, Ashlyn Houser, Matthew Jones, Grace Kinder, Alexxa Kowalski, Brandon Long, Eileen Lusch, Rylie Lusch, Riley MacMillan, Anna McCabe, Cian McLaughlin, Katie Miller, Marissa Miller, Christina Modesto, Sabrina Nguyen, Jonathan Ulicny, Gianni Valentine, Ryan Vecolitis, Sean Wall, Brooke Williams.High honorsEighth grade: Nicole Aguero-Ramirez, Alexander Barron, Tressa Barron, Emily Breslin, Shane Brown, Makenna Carroll, Aaron Coccio, Ian Davis, Sheridan Downing, Nicholas Farber, Andrew Fiorilla, Alexandra Frederick, Conner Fredericks, Shelby Frederickson, Page Gittens, Morgan Hadesty, Tyler Hazlett, Michael Hegedus, Jessica Hollenbach, Emma Hope, David Hull, Natalie Hydro, Jessica Koscak, Katie Kressley, Kendra Kunkel, Emily Lawson, Justin Lewis, Leah Mateyak, Regina McMahon, Connor Mikovich, Makenna Miller, Kiara Moser-MacDonald, Molly Murphy, Kaleb Mushock, Colin Pickford, Paige Pratt, Megan Rolko, Jedeiah Seibel, Dominic Stegmerten, Randolph Steigerwalt, Tyler Steigerwalt, Nathan Wickersham;Seventh grade: Lesslie Antonio-Martinez, Charlie Apanco, Thomas Barrett, Nicholas Behr, Deven Boyer, Jarek Boyle, Dillon Brown, Olivia Brown, Anthony Coccio, Amanda Condrack, Ross Connely, Bryce DeAngelo, Noelle DeKorte, Skyler DeKorte, Cole Eberts, Amber Flannagan, Mateo Gomez, Ahn Griffin, Gauge Hartney, Mya Heffner, Ashley Jones, Serena Jones, Makayla Kester, Nathan Kitchel, Kailie Kranch, Kyra Lusch, Jacob Mavricz, McKenna Meckes, Nathan Milkovits, Tucker Miller, Stephen Modesto, Connor Murphy, Chanelle Pena, Kassia Radocha, Taylor Rodgers, Zoe Seltzer, Gavin Semko, Meagan Sweeney, Jillian Tite, Phuong Tran, Maura Walker, Kallia Wall, Rylee Wenzel, Tiffany Wetherell, Amanda Wunderlich, Donovan Yulanavage;Sixth grade: Autumn Ackles, Gabriel Arcand, Basma Bajwa, Jonathon Barr, Jacob Carroll, Alex Collura, Kyra DeKorte, Kadence Dietrich, Brayden Dombrosky, Chloe Ensinger, Emily Ensinger, Diliah Espinosa, Helen Florea, Mason Gerber, Erika Gerhard, John Goho, Kylie Greenzweig, Luis Hernandez, Mia Jones, Kelsey Kraemer, Jayden Kubert, Ava Kunkel, Samuel Kunkle, Megan Lavine, Cameron Lewis, Megan Logan, Aiden Markowski, Lucas Milot, John Nakata, Gracie Nallon, Alexander Nattress, Megan Oswald, Andrew Pilla, William Puckette, McKayla Reese, Daeja Riddick, Metzly Rivera, Aaron Rolko, Ali Shiner, Alexis Squyres, Elexus Starr, Jonas Swinehart, Joselyn Tamagini, Leah Turner, Kaia Weller, Hailey Williams, Hope Young.HonorsEighth grade: Caroline Balogach, Dakota Beaver, Toby Berg, Anjelika Bolletino, Juliana Bowman, Sophia Boyle, Nami Choi, Brooke Dietrich, Kevi Doblado, Trystan Donmoyer, Shelby Eichlin, Gretchen Epler, Ryne Fisher, Emily Frey, Donald Goho, Shelly Goho, Haley Hamm, Braydan Hess, Rachel Hinkle, Nathan Hope, Aryel Jacobo, Nathaniel Kalchick, Makenna Kane, Nathaniel Kovalchic, Mackenza Kunkle, Courtney Loar, Kaya Lutz, Ella McLaughlin, Brady Miller, Emmanuel Morales, Madison Nicholls, Anastasia Oertner, Courtney Postupack, Josian Serrano-Deleon, Angel Shiner, Michael Shlanta, Brianna Stackhouse, Ember Starr, Terra Steigerwalt, Alexsya Thomas, Gabriel Thomas, Nicholas Wall, Alexus Warne, Kaeleb Weikel, Ja'Shon Yelito;Seventh grade: Madison Baddick, Julia Bailey, Amber Bixler, Miguel Bravo, Luca Cammarota, Amber Carter, Thomas Case, Ariana Chalk, Bryn Clifford, Joseph Coleman, Kay Edmonds, Ryleigh Ford, Alfonso Gambino, Andrew Griffin, Linsey Hamm, Dylan Haskins, Christopher Heim, Connor Hill, Alec Humes, Colby Kistler, Samantha Koch, Steven Kostecky, Deanna Kowalski, Madalyn Kressley, Megane Lawson, Adam Linkhorst, Sierra Mader, Shaun Mazur, Cheryl Nice, Joseph Oswald, Vanessa Poko, Victoria Pratt, Phoenix Ritchie, Trenton Schlecht, Grace Stegmerten, Alexa Stianche, Xavier Vasko, Sydney Woleslagle;Sixth grade: Donavin Albert, Chase Andrews, Eric Ankiewicz, Valerie Blasko, Samantha Bowes, Tucker Bowman, Alexis Brito, Angelina Casella, Emily Christman, Allie Clausius, Jaden Coombe, Julianna Cuadrado, Jacob DeMarco, Nolan Dietrich, Jada Eaches, Trinity Edmonds, McKenna Ehrig, Jackson Eidem, Colton Fatzinger, Jayden Flores, Alexandria Fucci, Aislynn Gallahar, Haley Giuliano, Ryann Goho, Piper Haldaman, Katryna Hibbler, Emily Hunsicker, Mason Job, Jack Kaufman, James Kemmerer, John Klein, Jack Klingaman, Kaylee Kuhn, Joseph Lescavage, Zachary Markiewicz, Pamela Miller, Leah Nelson, Abbie Ostrowski, Parker Oswald, William Ross, Ryan Snyder, Jessica Stackhouse, Anthony Stalgaitis, Warren Stewart, Kyra Thomas, McKenna Thompson, Sophia Waltman, Sommer Welker, Talib Whah, Thomas Whah, Anna Zelinsky.