JTHS Students Recognized for Excellence in Advance Placement Testing Scores

At the Joliet Township High School October Board of Education meeting, the following students were recognized for achieving an AP score of four or higher.

Joliet Central High School- Amanda M. Alberico, Garrett L. Beck, Derek Bernhard, Cynthia Esquivel, Diana L. Flores, Andrew J. Gabl, Moisés García, Tyson D. Guseman, Benjamin Hallihan, Jesús B. Hernández, Jessy T. Marasco, Dominic C. Micheletto, Jaymie N. Minarich, Jakub J. Pawlica, Samuel A. Pérez, Virginia N. Sanantonio, Brennan Schultz, Jason A. Smith, Joseph J. Timm, and Diamond J. Trueba.

Joliet West High School- Kyra Adams, Leticia Alvarez, Sean Chapman, Jefferson Cherrington, Raymond Contreras, Shane Donaldson- Curry, Kelly Doran, Richard Dove, Alec Graff, Kyle Kopchak, Dallas Lancenese, Carly Lantz, Stephanie Lee, Matthew Martinez, Alyssa Nordmeyer, Tyler O’Neill, Joshua Pearson, Margaret Spesia, Teresa Valdez, Youjia Wang, Alvi-Renzyl Cortes, Clayton Pelzer, Eric Small, Janelle Suriaga, Norma Acriniega, Jonathan Berry, Giovanni Cerullo, Kylie Drop, Even Duda, Kai Dzurny, Jaina Gliva, Sarah Gusewelle, Rebecca Jurasits, Grace Meagher, Marissa Mueller, Amanda Paez, Hannah Perruquet, Teodoro Rosalez, Franco Rota, and Michael Yanes.

An extensive selection of Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Credit classes are available at JTHS. These classes allow students to earn college credit while enrolled in high school. During the 2013-2014 school year, JTHS students saved over $550,000 in college tuition by taking rigorous, college level Dual Credit or AP courses. JTHS currently offers 17 AP courses and 27 Dual Credit courses and has made remarkable gains over the past five years, increasing the number of students taking AP courses and exams by over 200 percent, while simultaneously increasing the amount of students scoring 3 or higher on the AP exam.