College Board recognizes Fifty-Six AP Scholars

The Saint Edward’s AP National Scholars Peckham, Spear, Wild and Willett took a combined total of 44 AP exams during their time at Saint Edward’s, averaging 11 AP exams each. The average overall AP score among these four students across 44 exams was 4.685 out of a possible 5 points. Will Peckham is currently enrolled at Middlebury College, Jarred Spear at the University of Pennsylvania, Morgan Wild at the University of Miami and Eric Willet at Yale University.

The College Board designated an additional 21 Saint Edward’s students as AP Scholars with Distinction. Scholars so designated must receive an average score of at least 3.50 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. This group of Saint Edward’s students has completed 135 AP exams, averaging more than 6 exams each and scoring a combined average of 4.04 on the 135 tests taken. Four students from the class of 2010: Jack Giampolo, James Kappel, Gracie Loesser and Louis Szapary completed 8 or more AP courses and exams before graduation.  Seven students are currently Seniors in the class of 2011 and one, Sasha Benincasa, is now a Junior at Saint Edward’s and completed 5 AP courses in his Freshman and Sophomore years.

Thirteen additional Saint Edward’s students were recognized by the College Board as AP Scholars with Honor. This recognition is granted to students who receive 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. This group of Saint Edward’s students took a combined total of 53 exams and have scored a combined average of 3.57 on these exams. Five of these students are graduates of the Class of 2010 and eight are currently Seniors at Saint Edward’s.

The last group honored by the College Board were granted the distinction of being named AP Scholars. Sixteen additional Saint Edward’s students were so named for receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams. These students have taken a combined total of 52 AP exams and have scored a combined average of 3.6 on these tests. Ten of these Scholars were graduates of the class of 2010 and six are currently Seniors.

The Advanced Placement Scholar Awards recognize high school students who have demonstrated college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. Students at Saint Edward’s may begin taking AP level course work in their Freshman year. In 2010, 130 Saint Edward’s students were enrolled in 18 AP courses offered at Saint Edward’s and a total of 271 exams were taken. The average score achieved by these students was 3.4.

The Advanced Studies Program at Saint Edward’s offers a rigorous program for Seniors who wish to add independent research to an already challenging program of honors and AP courses. Students graduating from Saint Edward’s School are accepted at the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country and many receive college credit for having completed AP level courses while at Saint Edward’s School.

The 56 AP Scholars recognized by the College Board are as follows:

AP Scholars (16)

Stephanie Arencibia, Vero Beach

Cory  Deal, Vero Beach

John Fasano, Stuart

Christian French, Vero Beach

Alexandra  Guida, Vero Beach

Logan Jaffe, Vero Beach

Fedner Juste, Vero Beach

John Kim, Fort Pierce

Henry Kirkendall, Vero Beach

Grace Langstaff, Vero Beach

James Linus, Vero Beach

Maximilian Szapary, Austria

Eric Voyles, Vero Beach

Shiqi Wei, China

Alex Wynne, Port Saint Lucie

Parker Young, Vero Beach

AP Scholars With Honors  (13)

Hammad Ahmed, Port Saint Lucie

Lauren Allik, Vero Beach

Lori Frazier, Vero Beach

Danielle Humphrey, Vero Beach

Divya Korlipara, Port Saint Lucie

Heshuang Liang, China

Daniel Ordonez, Vero Beach

Donald “Collier”Proctor, Vero Beach

Clare Rea, Vero Beach

Elizabeth Tonner, Vero Beach

Kathryn Weeks, Vero Beach

Anne McCabe, Vero Beach

James McGee, Vero Beach

AP Scholars With Distinction (21)

Sasha Benincasa, Vero Beach

John Drondoski, Fort Pierce

Jack Giampolo, Vero Beach

Patrick Groome, Vero Beach

Darian Hadjiabadi, Vero Beach

Michael Ioppolo, Melbourne Beach

James Kappel, Vero Beach

Adam Koulish, Vero Beach

Maxcimillion Lipkin, Vero Beach

Gracie Loesser, Vero Beach

Meagan Mayo, Vero Beach

Joseph Michaels, Sebastian

Bradley Midkiff, Vero Beach

Linh Nguyen, Vero Beach

Laura Noelke, Fort Pierce

Sydney O’Haire, Vero Beach

Anastasia Oswald, Vero Beach

Cory Quinlan, Sebastian

Garrett Spear, Vero Beach

Christina Spleen, Port Saint Lucie

Louis Szapary, Austria

AP National Scholars  (4)

Will Peckham, Vero Beach

Jarred Spear, Vero Beach

Morgan Wild, Fort Pierce

Eric Willett, Fort Pierce