Irondequoit High School Students Named AP Scholars

October 22, 2008

One hundred and eight students at Irondequoit High School have earned the designation of AP scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams. 

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. About 18 percent of the more than 1.6 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP scholar.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams. 

National AP Scholar Award – Students must earn an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5 point scale of all exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are: Samantha Antzak, Michael Davis, Lauren Decker and Glynis Kristal-Ragsdal.

Scholar with Distinction – Students must earn an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.  These students are: James Adamo, Samantha Antzak, Edward Babcock, Kristin Bell, Taylor Braggins, Joanna Bryan, Alexander Burns, Heather Carrozo, Ian Colley, John Cordes, Kelly D’Angelo, Zachary D’Arienzo, Michael Davis, Lauren Decker, Jared DeRosa, Patrick Duffy, Dennis Fridd, Christopher Gass, Allison Haag, Sean Harriman, Rebecca Kennedy, Jaclyn Kolb, Laura Kriegel, Glynis Kristal-Ragsdal, Adam McKay, Mary Nicholas, Deanna Penders, Rachael Pitnell, Alyssa Poinan, Derek Runyan, Michael Smith, Julia Stack. Amy Stell, Heather Swenson, Jessica Wolfe, Emma Yingling and Conor Young.

AP Scholar with Honor – Students must receive an average grade of 3.25 on all exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are: Joel Allen, April Blaise, Patrick Burke, Robert Cigna, Tyler Condello, Benjamin Detty, Stephanie Falvo, Sarah Farr, Brendan Flosenzier, Brendan Frawley, Katelyn Giardino, Jessica Jeffers, Alexandra Joy, Cristin Juda, Tannis Kapell, Kathryn Kelly, Sampson Kennedy, Erik Lindquist, Robert Loveland, Sarah McAdam, William Moy, Jamie Randall, Renee Roth, Stephen Scoglio, Patrick Sherwood, Megan Sinton, Paul Stack, Megan Supple, Karina Vattana, Marisa Vattana, Paul Vincent, Alexandra Whitehouse and Gregory Wright.

AP Scholar – Students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are: Jeffrey Black, Sarah Boehm, Nilson Carroll, Rebekah Congden, Matthew Cribbin, Sara D’Ambrosio, Christopher Dawson, Christopher DeMott, Russell Dinolfo, Laura Dolan, Timothy Ehlers, Thomas Ferriter, Anthony Franchioni, Sean Gallagher, Carolyn Gamble, Matt Hoderlein, Krystal Kinder, Jessica Kloner, Donielle Leger, Alexander Lord, Matthew Maley, Miranda Marchese, Jonathan Merritt, Eric Oathout, Carly Poccia, Caitlin Porter, Desmond Preston, Maxwell Rick, Morgan Rinck, Mary Rocco, Joshua Schipper, Devin Smith, Kyle Soppe, Sarah Spallina, Laura  Strojny, Emily Walsh, Devin Williams and Ethan Youngman.