Hicksville Honors 144 AP Scholars

One hundred and forty-four current and former students from Hicksville High School have earned the prestigious designation of Advanced Placement Scholar from the College Board due to their outstanding achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement exams.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on a student’s performance on AP exams. Six students were named National AP Scholars. Thirty-eight students were named AP Scholars with Distinction. Twenty-five students were named AP Scholars with Honor, and 75 were designated as AP Scholars.

National AP Scholars

Six students qualified for the National AP Scholar award by receiving an average of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight of more of these exams. These students are Matthew Cimino, Rujuta Desai, Jaineel Doshi, Kasper Dworzanczyk, Abdullah Khalid and Stanley Lim.

AP Scholars with Distinction

Thirty-eight students received AP Scholar with Distinction awards by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are David Adames,* Adil Ansari,* Harrison Chan,* Andy Chen,* Shiv Chopra, Olias Christie,* Matthew Cimino, Bhavika Darji, Rujuta Desai, Ron Dias, Jaineel Doshi, Kasper Dworzanczyk, Dakota Filigenzi,* Danielle Grey-Stewart,* Mankirat Gulati, Johnson Jiang,* Nevin John, Abdulah Khalid, Stanley Lim, Rhea Manjrekar,* Shana Mathew,* Jayda Melnitsky, Nolan Mingst,* Fatemah Mukadum,* Joseph Neubauer, Dawn Nguyen, Iffat Nur, Adam Peretzman, Alexander Pierce,* Mil Rajput,* Pallak Sharma, Jacob Spychalsky, Sailesh Srinivas,* William Swiss, Emaad Syed, Jakub Tarlowski,* Kartik Tyagi and Christina Zhao.*

AP Scholars with Honor

Twenty-five students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Maram Abdelhamid,* Emely Balaguera, Jasdeep Braich,* Jake Britton,* Awaiss Butt,* Nabil Chowdhury,** Louis Clarke, Aamir Dave,* Robert Fellows,* Jeevan George** Walter Grebe,* Gulam Haider, Jaskirat Kaur,* Sabri Khanyousafzai,* Sonali Malhotra,** Alyssa Martin, Yra Mercado, Monit Patel,** Priyansh Raval,** Leoder Sanchez, Daniel Sullivan,* Luna Thapa, Kristen Van Alken, Jason Yang* and Haejung Yoon achieved this distinction.

AP Scholars

Seventy-five students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. These students are Kaylee Agostinello, Antonio Aguirre, Jarif Ahmed,* Adithya Ajith,** Dana Aljada, Elizabeth Antonira,** Ansh Arora, Neeloy Bose,** Matthew Brehman, Molly Brennan, Arsal Butt,* Jennifer Castelan, Shifali Chambers, Nathaniel Chen, Medjie Chery,** Justin Chupungco, Lauren Colwell, Thomas Digregorio, Michael Fernandes, Cecilia Funk,* Noel George, Avik Gomes,** Jorge Gomez,* Caroline Hoang,** Jerry Hsiao, David Haynh,* Sandra John,* Pallavi Kalla, Russel Kamal, Gurjot Kaur,* Richvinder Kaur, Stephen Ketelsen,* Neil Khilwani,** Jacob Kinnaman,* Chandrika Kumari, Taylor Labrador, Raymond Llang,* Navneet Lingala,** Jeremy Lopez, Gabriella Madden, Saim Mahmood,* Searra Mascaro,* Nabban Maswood, Christine Mathew, Imari McKenzie, Miranda Mohabir, Kyle Montera, Salaiha Mughal,** Nitya Mulani, Hersh Nagpal,* Robert Nash, Gabriela Niculescu,** Adam Patel, Krish Patel,** Pujan Patel, Noah Peretzman, Patrick Rilling,* Rashha Sahibzada, Hosnia Samadi, Gifty Samson,* Rebecca Samuel, Amber Sanchez,** Adam Sanfilippo,** Winnie Shen, Farzeen Siddiquee,** Kyle Singh,* Yashodban Singh, Melissa Soto, Mark Sullivan,** Mana Sura, Srishti Tyagi,** Rashi Vashishta, Bhargawi Vutukuri,** Terence Wong* and Gabriella Yao.

*current senior
**current junior

Story by Syntax, photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools: Members of Hicksville High School’s Classes of 2017 and 2018 who were named AP Scholars with Principal Raymond Williams and Chairperson for Guidance Services Efthymia Rafaelides.