Skaneateles school district recognized AP scholars
Seventy-seven Skaneateles High School seniors and recent graduates (from the Class of 2016) have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. Three of the 2016 graduates earned the additional designation of National AP Scholar.
The three National AP Scholars – all now off at college – are Dominic Grasso, Aimee La France and Vincent Viego. National AP Scholar is granted to students in the United States who earn an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more AP Exams.
The AP® Scholar Awards recognize high school students who have demonstrated exemplary college-level achievement on AP Exams. About 22 percent of the 2.2 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
Twenty-nine students (grads of 2016) qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award 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:
Karl Adams
Evan Bille
Devin Callahan
Marysa Corona
Jordan Daley
Elyse Dubois
Samuel Duggan
Michael Elliott
Michael Goetzmann
Lauren Goodchild
Dominic Grasso
Thomas Hagen
Benedette Herbst
Aimee La France
Aubreah Lynn
Christopher Niebuhr
Emily Norris
Cole Pajak
Marc Pietropaoli
Madison Pinckney
Juliana Prendergast
Oliver Proudfoot
Allison Purdy
Benjamin Russell
Jillian Van Leer
Jack Van-Slyke
Anthony Viego
Vincent Viego
Ethan Weldon
Five graduates of 2016 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. These students are:
Jacqueline Aberi
Samuel Clymer
Robert Corona
Griffin Dunn
Reece Eddy
In addition, six current seniors 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. These students are:
Erica Beatson
Madelyn Brogan
Matthew Goetzmann
Anthony Panasci
Rachel Teixeira
Madeleine VanRiper
Thirty-seven students – 22 from the Class of 2016 and 15 seniors who will graduate in 2017 — qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are:
AP Scholar 2016 grads
Alexandra Baldwin
Stephen Ciaccio
Noah Cliff
Cecilia Congel
Glyn Davenport
William Drancsak
Olivia Gage
Tate Green
Eric Huba
Stephen Janack
Peter Knupp
Kelsey Kraetz
Hannah Logan
Mariah McCarron
Jonathon Mecomber
Bennett Morse
Shawn Palmer
Rex Ramsgard
Rachel Rhoads
Elaina Sherman
Lucas Sherman
Amanda Wetmore
AP Scholar — current seniors
Joseph Benedict
Grace Buchholz
Joseph Capozza
Ethan Goldstein
Emma Goodell
Rose Keady
Kristina Klosowski
Angela Krause
Sophie Kush
Matthew Neumann
Olivia Nye
Sarah Parks
Calvin Stone
Alison Weiss
Alexander Wulff
In short, 21 of those who earned AP Scholar Awards are seniors who have another year of AP courses and exams to take. With another year of high school remaining, those 21 students could possibly earn a higher level AP Scholar award.
