Ninety-Six Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards

Fifty-six students 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 from the Class of 2018 – Patrick Beck, Riley Beck, Lauren Chua, Gillen Curren, Adeline Davis, Dara Dawson, Jack deBruin, Amanda Denning, Grace Dignazio, Sophie Friedman, Natasha Gengler, Rebecca Gomes, Kathleen Griffith, Alexander Gulea, Lea Harlev, Madelyn Heck, Grace Hogan, Madison Larmore, Helen Laster, Madeline Law, Giavanna Mariano, Anna Martino, Madyson McDougal, Kayla Murray, Hannah Nash, Ryan Nowaczyk, Shreyas Parab, Krupa Patel, Cassandra Paterson, Evan Sabini, Sarayu Sivaram, Connor Smeader, Steven Struglia, Amy Thomson, Padraic Walsh, Brant Wesley, Jackson Whallon, Alisa Yakovenko, Anna Zdunek, and Grace Zhang, and from the Class of 2019 – Katherine Alberta, Seth Bale, Abel Chen, Gerald Enverso, Aiden Graham, Justin Lee, Rebecca Lewis-Carpenter, Tullis Liu, William, Liu, Emily Lugg, Lewis MacMillan, Ian Peebles, Julia Prendergast, Parker Vakili, Audrey Yang, and Daniel Zhu.

Eighteen students 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 from the Class of 2018 – Olivia Baldi, Clayton Brooks, Danielle Cuoco, Joseph DiGregorio, Kyra Giakas, Rachel Grant, Bridget Hogue, Alexander Musselman, and Ryan Whelan, and from the Class of 2019 – Rebecca de Heer, Riley DeBaecke, Grace Lairieson, Anneliese Parenti, Brendan Peebles, Meghan Reilly, Madeline Singh, Nicole Witherell, and Rhianna Zaher.

Twenty-two students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are from the Class of 2018 – David Bondi, Alexandra Conrad, Zachary Dainton, Reed Fodge, Kristina Giakas, Zachary McMenamin, Jocelyn Phillips, Charles Sanders, and Nikoleta Testa, and from the Class of 2019 – Isabella Abbrescia, Caroline Donovan, Emily Freney, Samantha Ghaul, James Giffin, Abigail Gilbert, George Mantakounis, Maryellen Martin, Christian Parker, and Matthew Specht, and from the Class of 2020 – Jessica Pei, Andrew Shi, and Lauren Wilson.

Of this year’s award recipients at Archmere Academy, thirty-eight are sophomores or juniors: from the Class of 2019 – Isabella Abbrescia, Katherine Alberta, Seth Bale, Abel Chen, Rebecca de Heer, Riley DeBaecke, Caroline Donovan, Gerald Enverso, Emily Freney, Samantha Ghaul, James Giffin, Abigail Gilbert, Aiden Graham, Grace Lairieson, Justin Lee, Rebecca Lewis-Carpenter, Tullis Liu, William, Liu, Emily Lugg, Lewis MacMillan, George Mantakounis, Maryellen Martin, Anneliese Parenti, Christian Parker, Brendan Peebles, Ian Peebles, Julia Prendergast, Meghan Reilly, Madeline Singh, Matthew Specht, Parker Vakili, Nicole Witherell, Audrey Yang, Rhianna Zaher, and Daniel Zhu, and from the Class of 2020 – Jessica Pei, Andrew Shi, and Lauren Wilson. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award.

Through 34 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admission process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring 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 3,800 colleges and universities annually receive AP scores. Most four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying exam scores. 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 have higher college graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP. 

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