WEST IRONDEQUOIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

321 List Ave.      Rochester, NY 14617

 

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 Irondequoit High School have earned the designation of AP scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams. 

 

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.