Exceptional achievement on AP examinations have been announced.
Forty-two students from LOHS have earned the distinction of AP scholar by the College Board in recognition of their achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams.
Students took AP exams this past May, after completing college-level courses at LOHS.
The 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 the AP Exams.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the scores earned and the number of exams taken.
To qualify for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award, students must score an average grade of 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Students who earned the AP Scholar with Distinction Award with an impressive cumulative exam grade average of 3.97 are: Kyle Boyle, Matthew Cross, Peter Kanda, Michael Musary, Christie Norton and Richard Wilmot.
Students who 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 exams are: Micah Boyer, Joshua Groen, Kyle Humble, Leah Ouellet and Jiayi Wan.
Thirty-one students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams, with grades of 3 or higher. These AP Scholars are: Evan Angelos, Rick Avery, Jeremy Babila, Emily Boggs, Megan Dailey, Allison Diven, Tessa Dixon, Nicole Ellison, Adam Fasbinder, Shane Freeman, Moriah Galvan, Christopher Gottschalk, Kevin Gurski, Natalie Hengstebeck, Kurt Imber, Jacquelyn Laba, Kendra Lutman, John Marcoux, Ellen Meyer, James Miller, Evan Olexa, Michael Pervolarakis, Ian Peterson, Bradley Rock, Kara Siekirk, Dana Spear, Scott Watza, Heather Wilsher, Weston Wittry, Brian Wood and Yushi Yanagita.
More than 1.6 million high school students in 23,000 high schools worldwide took the May 2008 AP examination. About 18 percent were recognized.