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Richards students, graduates named A.P. Scholars
More than 50 qualify for honors from College Board
Richards High School proudly announces that more than 50 current students or May 2015 graduates qualified as Advanced Placement Scholars. That’s the second straight year that more than 50 Richards students earned this prestigious honor.
The group includes current seniors (back row, from left) Sami Bourjas, Hani Salameh, Andrew Gacek, (front) Kim McEvilly and Kylie Kowaleski.
The College Board’s 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 AP exams.
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The College Board honors outstanding performances on AP exams with several levels of recognition. On the grading scale of 1 to 5, a score of 3 or higher qualifies as passing.
A.P. Scholar (pass 3+ exams)— Jannah Alaiwi, Gabriella Bandera, Sana Barakat, Sami Bourjas, Liz Chaparro, Celina Clifton, Bob Cook, Abigail Cwiklinski, Thomas Doon, Erika Eringis, Abby Gentile, Adhem Hinnawi, Natalia Hornik, Allison Houlihan, Dylan Jankowski, Asha Jowers-Jordan, Joshua Kamba, Julia Kennedy, Kylie Kowaleski, Angelika Kwak, Alyssa Lee, Sarah Magana, Fabian Martinez, Kim McEvilly, Angeles Ochoa-Raya, Parth Patel, Raneen Razick, Tara Rivera, Christian Rueda, Hani Salameh, Ahmad Samara, Katelyn Sullivan, Teris Taylor, Alyssa Van, Kevin Williams.
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A.P. Scholar with Honor (pass 4+ exams, average at least 3.25/5.0) - Khaled Almusa, Agata Bernat, Charbel Bourjas, Michael Rores, Lindsay Thompson.
A.P. Scholar with Distinction (pass 5+ exams, average at least 3.5/5.0) - Caroline Azem, Jeanine Cyze, Siobhan Fox, Andrew Gacek, Jessica Gall, Victoria Gomez, Kyle Kachnowski, Vanessa Kalinowska, Kevin Kozik, Caitlin O’Sullivan, Roxanne Segina.
National A.P. Scholar (average score of at least 4 on all A.P. exams taken; scores of 4+ on eight or more exams) - Vanessa Kalinowska.
Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 1,400 institutions award a full year’s credit (sophomore standing) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades.
