One Hundred and Eleven Archmere Academy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing 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 27% of the more than 2.64 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:

Alexis Rendel from the Class of 2021 has met all eligibility requirements and was awarded The AP International Diploma (APID). The AP International Diploma (APID) is a globally recognized certificate awarded to students who display exceptional achievement across a variety of disciplines. Available to international students attending secondary schools outside the U.S. and to U.S. high school students applying to universities outside the country, the APID certifies outstanding academic excellence with a global perspective. The requirements to qualify for this award are receiving scores of 3 or higher on 5 or more AP Exams across 3 content areas in Languages, in global perspective, and in sciences or math and computer science. 

Caroline Ho, Camron Kaiser, Sanjay Long, Alyssa Noval, Owen Philips, and Maura Smeader from the Class of 2021 have met all eligibility requirements and were awarded the AP Capstone Diploma. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing receive the AP Capstone Diploma. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research but not on four additional AP Exams receive the AP Seminar and Research Certificate. 

Fifty-one 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 2021 – Ryan Antunes, Matthew Benson, Madelyn Boyer, Kiara Cornell, James, D’Elia, Margaret Dempsey, Nolan Fogarty, Isabella Ganfield, Samuel Gattuso, Gabriella Gildea, Caroline Ho, Alex Jacobs, Cameron Kaiser, Sanjay Long, Alex Lu, Michael Mallamaci, Rohit Mathur, Christian Miller, Alyssa Noval, Abigail Oberembt, Owen Phillips, Norah Prendergast, Alexis Rendel, Ava Scarpaci, Aislinn Smeader, Maura Smeader, Brendan Sullivan, Sean Vanson, Katherine Walsh, and Katie Yakovenko, and from the Class of 2022 – Ella Arcari, Joseph Caruso, Isabella Dayrit, Simi Edeki, Kenzie Fleming, Alexandra Harrington, Andrew Hermes, Ryan Hsieh, Haoxue Jiang, Peyton Kennedy, Carter Kowalski, Kaitlyn Lotkowski, Olivia MacMillan, Serena Martin, Ava Passehl, Samantha Pelletier, Ryana Rajesh, Amanda Treston, Benjamin Wei, Eddie Zhang, and Nicholas Zhu. 

Twenty-three 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 2021 – Tyler Allison, Sophia Castro, Andrew Demnicki, Kelly Hodlofski, Maximus Iacono, Andrew MacWilliams, Maria Medori, Alyssa Pierangeli, Lily Sabine, and Gabrielle Witherell, from the Class of 2022 – Ceclia Degenfelder, Anne-Shirley Desjardins, Alex Im, Kyle Kouch, Luke Kryka, Scott Lucarelli, Erin McCann, Benjamin Meredith, Xavier Slaughter, Jack Yoslov, and Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia, and from the Class of 2023 – Alexander Chen and Helen Qi. 

Thirty-seven 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 2021 Margaret Atkins, Conor Bradley, Brian Carbajal, Alexandra Cuoco, Shawn Enverso, Anna Garcia, Antionette Guariano, Philip Kawalec, Amelia Klinger, Maeva Kounga, Anthony Mariano, Allison McColgan, Alyssa Mirenda, Paul Pomeroy, Joseph Raziano, Carlos Rodriguez, and Rachel Sisson, from the Class of 2022Claire Bolarinwa, Jonathan Dearing, Cecilia Fredricks, Pauline Hartman, Beyonce Hu, Kaitlyn Kaulback, Matthew Keen, Abigail Kortering, Brandon Kowalski, Jacob Nowaczyk, Janki Patel, and Timothy Tomaszewski, and from the Class of 2023Rui Chang, Austin Curtis, Noah Goldstein, Jessica Grier, Maile Gutsche, Bradley Hu, Clare O’Dwyer, and Tyler Vanson.
 
Of this year’s award recipients at Archmere Academy, fifty-four are sophomores or juniors: from the Class of 2022 – Ella Arcari, Claire Bolarinwa, Joseph Caruso, Isabella Dayrit, Jonathan Dearing, Ceclia Degenfelder, Anne-Shirley Desjardins, Simi Edeki, Kenzie Fleming, Cecilia Fredricks, Alexandra Harrington, Pauline Hartman, Andrew Hermes, Ryan Hsieh, Beyonce Hu, Alex Im, Haoxue Jiang, Kaitlyn Kaulback, Matthew Keen, Peyton Kennedy, Abigail Kortering, Kyle Kouch, Brandon Kowalski, Carter Kowalski, Luke Kryka, Kaitlyn Lotkowski, Scott Lucarelli, Olivia MacMillan, Serena Martin, Erin McCann, Benjamin Meredith, Jacob Nowaczyk, Ava Passehl, Janki Patel, Samantha Pelletier, Ryana Rajesh, Xavier Slaughter, Timothy Tomaszewski, Amanda Treston, Benjamin Wei, Jack Yoslov, Jocelyn Zavala-Garcia Eddie Zhang, and Nicholas Zhu, and from the Class of 2023 – Rui Chang, Alexander Chen, Austin Curtis, Noah Goldstein, Jessica Grier, Maile Gutsche, Bradley Hu, Clare O’Dwyer, Helen Qi and Tyler Vanson. 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 38 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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Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.