North Hills High School: Dozens Of Students Named AP Scholars

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA - There’s no shortage of smarts at North Hills High School. The College Board has named 86 North Hills High School seniors and recent graduates AP Scholars following their outstanding performances on college-level Advanced Placement exams. That’s a 34 percent increase in North Hills AP Scholars over the 2015-16 school year.

The AP Scholars designations were broken into several categories based on their AP test score results:

• Recent graduates Alec Duquette and Nathaniel Salopek were named National AP Scholars ,

• Twenty-three students AP Scholars with Distinction: Class of 2017 graduates Kathryn Botterman, Brian Fulton, Matthew Reslink, Rubitzel Brunet, William Huffmyer, Nathaniel Salopek, Kristen Collins, Anastasia July, Ingrid Spear, Alec Duquette, Kaitlyn Kurz, Kyle Swartzbaugh, Madeline Evans, Jamie Ley, Allison Traynor, Mark Faller, Ryan McCabe, Brian Venturella, Andrew Feltz and Bridget McCole and seniors Adyn Gallagher, Aliana Rao and Neville Wolff.

• Nineteen students were named AP Scholars with Honor: Class of 2017 graduates Anna Emmons, Allina Molinaro, Brooklynn Goodworth, Mary Rodack, William Heintz, Faith Ruck, Christopher Manko, Anton Sarazen, Emily McGurgan and Brianna Saul and seniors Adam Taschner, Kelsey Davis, Valeria Tupac Yupanqui, Evan Kerin, Aletheia Uechi, Alexis Mandell, John Van Atta, Joseph Pastorius and Neil Wible.

• Forty-four students were named AP Scholars: Class of 2017 graduates Rebecca Averell, Anna McConnell, Gianna Balsamico, Kristopher McEwen, Hayley Behr, Ava Pietrzyk, Katelyn Brittain, Meghan Reith, Brendan Burke, Nicholas Rossmiller, Luke Chutko, Jarod Rozanski, Sara Custer, Hannah Schilpp, Kenleigh Dickinson, Monica Snyder, Sydney Dominek, Austin Sopher, Zachary Hood, Anna Treser, Shea Jones, Rachel Vandevort, Alyse Kaminski, Martin Varys, Kelsey Klaja, Andrew Wudarczyk and Molly Marciniak and seniors Maria Arlia, Callie McClintock, Erika Degraef, Dillon McElwain, Alex Glatz, Ryan McIntyre, Logan Graham, Lauren Rebel, Jordyn Hronec, Shane Riley, Alexis Ligus, Camille Traczek, Samantha Logan, Eleanor Urich, Andrew Longjohn, Greta Zewe and Mackenzie MacFarland.

North Hills offers students 27 AP courses. These courses are in addition to the building’s 21 College in High School courses, two pre-Advanced Placement classes and 19 honors courses.