Poland students named as AP Scholars

Seventeen students from the Class of 2015 and three from the Class of 2016 at Poland Seminary High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level AP (Advanced Placement) exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students 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 more than 1.8 million high school students worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Students took AP exams after completing challenging college-level courses. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams.

One student 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 three or higher on five or more of these exams. This student is Robert DeVito from the Class of 2015.

Four 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 three or higher on four or more of these exams. They are Theodora Constantine, Elise Eckman, Robert Murcko and Cara Palusak, all from the Class of 2015.

Fifteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of three or higher. These students are Elizabeth Becherer, Emily Ethridge and Jaden Rogers from the Class of 2016, and Erin Chapman, Scott Donnachie, Arlia Duarte, Samuel Kulifay, David Lankitus, Samuel Oman, Noah Reed, Nicholas Romeo, Daniel Skoloda, Natalie Triveri, David Windsor and Lisa Yacoub from the Class of 2015.