84 Nyack HS Students Recognized

Eight-four Nyack High School students have been named Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the national college-level 2011 Advanced Placement (AP) Exams. Only about 18 percent of the 1.9 million students worldwide taking the exams have achieved scholar status. 

Scholars are those who have taken multiple AP courses and score at least a 3 (5 Highest scoring) on three of them. Most of the nation’s colleges award credit or placement advancement for scores of 3 or higher on the tests. 

Five students, already named above, qualified for the highest honor National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on all AP exams taken and on eight or more of these exams. Congratulations to: 

• Edwin Augustin 
• Anna Newport 
• Nicholas Pilla 
• Jacob Steinberg-Otter 
• Luke Warren 

Thirty–one students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award byearning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and a grade of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Congratulations to: 

• Kyle Altman 
• Edwin Augustin 
• Samuel Bangs 
• Rebecca Blair 
• Cassandra Brown 
• Charlotte Buck 
• Vendela-Mae Cespon 
• Jessica Dow 
• Jillian Fletcher 
• Gabrielle Garfunkel 
• Lauren Gerber 
• Allison Hackel 
• Maria Henry 
• Ryan Kirsch 
• Christopher Lazarus 
• Adrian Lozer 
• Aniruddh Marellpudi 
• Lydia Meehan 
• Michael Mortelliti 
• Colin Nagle 
• Anna Newport 
• Alexandra Panov 
• Tyler Perry 
• Nicolas Pilla 
• Conor Prouty 
• Isadora Rosenbloom 
• Jacob Steinberg-Otter 
• Christina Tan 
• Alexander Tippett 
• Neha Vaidya 
• Luke Warren 

Eighteen Nyack students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams

• Gyulnara Barnett 
• Gabriel Becker 
• Maggie Becker 
• Laila Blumenthal-Roth 
• Tess Bosley 
• Ethan Cohen 
• Rachel Goldstein 
• Julien Hamilton 
• Hannah Kay 
• William Kyle 
• Ashley Pathyil 
• Jonahthan Rizner 
• Raina Sokolov-Gonzale 
• Nikolai Stern 
• Lundsey Sundvik 
• Amy Thomas 
• Cassius Wilkinson 
• Hannah Yassky 

Thirty-five students qualified for the AP Scholar Awards by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. Congratulations to: 

• Klarissa Armada 
• Jonas Black 
• Kyle Borst 
• Sadie Mae Burns 
• Corinne Casolaro 
• Samantha Clowes 
• Lisa Colten 
• Martin Cummings 
• Niko DeLaurentis 
• Marianna Dujohn 
• Thea Dery 
• Michael Forrest 
• Andrew Gates 
• Paul Glardina 
• Evan Glover 
• Calvin Hutchins 
• Mariedaphney Joseph 
• Joshua Kayden 
• Daniel Kramer 
• Xavier Loeng-Hussey 
• Maya Martin 
• Nathaniel Mccarthy 
• Daniel Minunni 
• Dhrithl Nrasimhan 
• Matthew Nilan 
• Janisaaac Ortega 
• Lauren Plotkin 
• Ivan Ponomarev 
• Andrew Quigley 
• Alyssa Quintana 
• Lukas Rociunas-Engler 
• Dana Seag 
• Kristen Soeder 
• Kevin Viviano 
• Kevin Yohannan 

Nyack High School offers 21 AP courses, and exams are taken in May after completion of the challenging college level work. Over 50 percent of Nyack’s seniors take AP exams. 

Editor's Note: The above was user generated