ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Five Albuquerque Public Schools seniors have received National Merit Scholarships. They were chosen from a pool of 15,000 finalists. Each received a $2,500 scholarship. They are Benjamin Bandy from the Nex Gen Academy, Iris Eisenman of El Dorado High, La Cueva's Shayan Tarefder and Ariana Thiel-Hadjilambrinos, and Aileen Ukwuoma from the Early [] Read this story