One hundred eleven (111) students at Monarch High School have earned AP® Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.
The College Board’s Advance Placement Program® (AP®) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both, for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.
At Monarch High School:
Four (4) students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Joshua Hickernell, Evanne Montoya, Michael Nye and Matthew Witte.
Forty (40) students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning 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 Maura Allen, William Brown, Adam Call, Alyssa Chisholm, Robert Cronin, Gregory Davies, Whitney Dougherty, Albert Downs-Kingston, Lorne Fultonberg, Deshae Gehr, Lisa Greene, Zachary Griffler, Anika Guha, Olivia Heel, Joshua Hickernell, Krista Johnson, Ryan Kang, Taylor Kennedy, Hannah Lewis, Benjamin Mead, Matthew Menezes, Evanne Montoya, Varun Natraj, Michael Nye, Emily Owens, Connor Pennington, Courtney Peverley, Kelsey Prestesater, Joseph Salinas, Michael Schubert, Margaret Shanahan, Adelyn Shimizu, Elise Spector, Armeen Taeb, Lisa Walker, Julian Ward, Matthew Witte, Ryan Witte, Kevin Zoglo, and Marie Zoglo.
Fifteen (15) 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. These students are Divya Arcot, Lindsay Baum, Max Ciaglo, Daniel Cook, Kylie Dickson, Hillary Duncan, Lauren Ernst, Carey Flournoy, Brian Gross, Thomas McPherson, Jane Miller, Sophie Payannet, Stephanie Riesco, Zachary Savage and Anthony Webb.
Fifty-two (52) students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Matthew Aberle, Abdul Ahad, Veronica Baker, Ella Bendrick-Chartier, Kayla Benson, Justine Bird, Eliza Brennan, Harry Brennan, Erin Brophy, Megan Cousins, Kylie Dingman, Matthew Eastman, Logan Ernst, Alicia Eustes, Berkeley Fial, Kenneth Forward, Sean Fox, Grace Fu, Kristen Gray, Daniel Greer, Andrew Harrison, Kelsey Hudspeth, Katelynn Johnson, Brandon Kenney, Christine Kirk, Sam Kirschner, David Lee, Andrew Locke, William Lounsbury, India Lovato, Marco Maycotte, Matthew McClain, Lauren McGee, Michaela McNiff, Mitchell Nelson, Anna Niehaus, Allison O’Connor, Elliott Porter, Jillian Rittersbacher, Roxanne Ross, Sarah Seifert, David Stewert, Maxwell Stanford, Jeffrey Stephens, Gregory Tucker, Katherine Turner, Courtney Vujcich, Alena Ward, Matthew Warner, Kristy Watkins, Daniel Webb and John Wilkins.
Of this year’s award recipients at Monarch High School, 47 are sophomores or juniors. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a high-level AP Scholar Award.
Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admissions process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuing that AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,500 colleges and universities annually receive AP grades. Over 90 percent of four-year colleges in the Unites States provide credit and/or placement for qualifying exam grades. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,600 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each y ear, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT®, and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities and concerns.