January 8, 2009 - More than 100 Shaker High School students have been recognized for their outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement exams.

With qualifying AP exam grades, students can earn college credit, placement or both at more than 90 percent of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, according to the College Board, the non-profit organization that administers AP exams. Further, research has shown that students who are successful in AP classes typically experience greater academic success in college than students who did not participate in AP, according to the College Board.

AP exams grades are based on a 5-point scale:
5 = extremely well qualified
4 = well qualified
3 = qualified
2 = possibly qualified
1 = no recommendation

Of the 102 Shaker High students recognized:

• 40 were named Advanced Placement Scholars for earning a grade of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.

• 19 were named Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor for earning a grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four of these exams.

• 39 were named Advanced Placement Scholars with Distinction for earning an average grade of 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams.

• 4 were named Advanced Placement National Scholars an average grade of at least 4 on all AP exams and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Advanced Placement Scholar

These students received grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams:
 

Ashlee Armsby, Parker Armsby, Teague Avent, Meghan Blair, Erin Burke, Megan Cheney, Andrew Choi, Julia Connors, Adam Cook, Devan Coons, Ryan Gardner, Elisa Gomez-Reed, Melissa Grenier, Elizabeth Hennessy, Hailey Kopp, Sarah LaMountain, Shanna Maclasco, Joshua Malkin, Devon Mancini, Matthew McNeill, Randall Miller, Adam Morgan, Steven Musso, Hasan Nomani, Sean Ogden, Joseph Pelletier, Corinne Pro, Anjali Puttachi, Arielle Ray, Grace Rhee, Catherine Richardson, Rotem Rusak, Gregory Skiba, Richa Taneja, Katherine Thomas, Jenna Waltersdorf, Maggie Wang, Melanie Wen, Zachary Wolner, Michael Young

Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor

These students received a grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four of these exams:

Aileen Almonte, Jeffrey Audi, Kaitlyn Bessey, Eric Breton, Matthew Capeless, Anne Chu, Samuel Delaughter, Jared Flores, Brian Haller, Michael Hovish: Diana Hummel, Reashma Jose, Kelly Kim, Nicholas Manning, Andrew Marthy, Nicholas Murray, Christine O'Connor, Evan Steinhart, Devlyn Tedesco

Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction

These students received an average grade of 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams:

Courtney Adrian, Meghan Brady, John Canfield, Jeffrey Corelli, Patrick Derocher, Katherine DiFabio, Adam Drake, Katherine Edwards, Andrew Farrell, Jennifer Hahn, Dan Han, Aiina Heim, Kaizad Irani, Madhuvanthi Jayakumar, Andy Jeon, Stephanie June, Marissa Kewley, Tahsin Khan, Jin-Ah Kim, Kumar Lal,Claire Littlefield, Jae-Young Maeng, Brian Maloy, Peter Mans, Katherine McCarthy, James McGrail, Austin Meyer, John Millock, Rebecca Millock, Angela Mu, Allen Nelson, Kelsey Ogden, Kartik Pilar, Rachel Smith, Frank Tan, Susanna Todaro, Nicole Tuong, Alexander Turpin, Junya Yin, Linda Yu

Advanced Placement National Scholar

These students received an average grade of at least 4 on all AP exams and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Patrick Derocher, Adam Drake, Angela Mu, Junya Yin

These are great accomplishments for our students. These students would not have had this level of achievement without their exemplary teachers and administrators who support the program: Mr. Verdile, Ms. Skeals, Mr. Bogert, Mr. Pollaro, Mrs. Kats, Mrs. Manzella, Mrs. Livingston, Mr. Rispole, Mr. Murray, Mrs. Dolan, Mrs. Butry, Mr. Weaver, Mrs. Karen Ryan, Mr. Rodewald, Mr. Culp Mrs. Hoffman, Mr. LaGatta, Mrs. McCarthy, Mrs. Buck, Mr. Lanahan, Mrs. Dirtadian, Mr. Reilly Mrs. Hawver, and Mrs. Misir.