To: Irondequoit Post, D&C
From: Carol A. Crumlish
Director of Public Information, 336-3067
Date:
October 1, 2007
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Irondequoit
High School Students Named AP Scholars
Ninety-three students at
The Advanced Placement
program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level
courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced
placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exams. About 18 percent
of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary
schools worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to
merit the recognition of AP scholar.
The College Board recognizes
several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams.
National AP Scholar Award –
Students must earn an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5 point scale of all
exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These
students are: William Finan, Carolyn Gonzalez, Lauren
Knauf, Alison McKenna, Elizabeth Moroni,
Patrick Nadeau, John Pardo, and Marvin Thielk.
Scholar with Distinction –
Students must earn an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and
grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are: Andrej Ababovic, Meaghan Bennett, Brenna Boerman,
Connor Coffey, Gregory Davis, Michael Davis, Cameron Fiederer,
William Finan, Bryan Goldberg, Carolyn Gonzalez, Eligh Hanning, Gregory Hoople, Katherine Izzo, William Juda, Lauren Knauf, Megan
Langley, Alison McKenna, Zoe McLaughlin, Elizabeth Moroni, Patrick Nadeau, Robert Napier, John Pardo, Jacob Perry, Richard Schimpf,
Jacob Schum, Jie Shen, Michael Smith, Catherine Spallina,
Marvin Thielk, Sara Wowkowych,
and Elyka Yi.
AP Scholar with Honor –
Students must receive an average grade of 3.25 on all exams taken, and grades
of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are: Samantha Antzak, Charlotte Atti, Edward
Babcock, Trevor Bowllan, Joanna Bryan, Heather Carrozo, Kirk Chilas, Faith Clevelend, Lauren Decker, Samantha Doyle, Ryan Foley, Shanelle France, Dennis Fridd,
Patrick Herbert, Megan Kloner, Laura Kriegel, Glynis Kristal-Ragsdal, David Milburn, Alyssa Poinan,
Derek Runyan, Sergio Vargas, and Nathan Young.
AP Scholar – Students
qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with
grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars
are: James Adamo, Maria Angelov,
Laura Barry, Scott Batzold, Margaret Baum, Alen Becirovic, Kristin Bell,
Alexander Burns, Ethan Calabrese, Amanda Cappelli,
Theodore Carlson, Bridget Carney, Kelly D’Angelo,
Zachary D’Arienzo, Kelly Dreimiller,
Stephanie Falvo, Brendan Flosenzier,
Megan Kamler, Rebeca
Kennedy, Kelsey Kenney, Krystal Kinder, Jaclyn Kolb, Maiah
Lawson, Miranda Marchese, Nadia Menezes,
Andreas Pejovic, Deanna Penders,
Rachael Pitnell, Joseph Plukas,
Lindsey Prince, Gregory Rosenberg, Mallorie Shute,
Julia Stack, Neil Steiner, Heather Swenson, Casey Utter, Heather York, Conor Young, Ethan Youngman, and Kristen Zarzycki
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For further information contact
Carol Crumlish, WICSD Director of Public Information @ 336-3067 or 703-6460.