T IDING IDINGSS Devon Preparatory School
Volume 3, Issue 3
Winter 2013
NEARLY 50% OF SENIORS NAMED AP SCHOLAR Seventeen seniors, nearly half of Devon Prep’s Class of 2013, have been named AP Scholar by the College Board. Ten of these young men were named AP Scholar with Dis nc on, two were named AP Scholar with Honor, and five were named AP Scholar. They include:
AP Scholar with Dis nc on Christopher J. Clayton Ma hew J. DiDonato Kevin D. Fulmer Michael P. LaBella Antonio D. Muscarella Jacob E. Riedel Thomas F. Seykora Ryan T. Shannon Rafael Suero Michael A. Tolvaisa
AP Scholar with Honor Timothy P. Crowe Benjamin A. Jonik
AP Scholar Joseph D. Haruch Jacob R. Kampman Brian J. Koskinen Brian E. Kozak Ryan M. Ma ox
Devon Prep’s Class of 2013 AP Scholars are: back row, from le : Michael Tolvaisa, Kevin Fulmer, Jacob Riedel, Joseph Haruch, Ma hew DiDonato, Timothy Crowe, Benjamin Jonik ; seated, from le : Brian Koskinen, Christopher Clayton, Ryan Shannon, Jacob Kampman, Michael LaBella; kneeling, from le : Anto‐ nio Muscarella, Thomas Seykora, Brian Kozak, Rafael Suero, and Ryan Ma ox.
These Devon Prep students were recognized for their extraordinary achievement on college level Advanced Placement exams taken last spring. Only 18% of the more than one million students who took AP exams in May 2012 performed at a sufficiently high level to merit such recogni on. The AP Pro‐ gram, sponsored by the College Board, is a coopera ve educa onal endeavor between high schools and colleges and universi es. Most of the na on’s colleges and universi es award credit and/or advanced placement based on successful performances on the AP Exams.
SUPERIOR GENERAL OF THE PIARIST ORDER VISITS DEVON
Father Aguado (leŌ) and Father Shea during Friday morning Mass in the gym.
Devon Prep was honored to host The Most Rev. Pedro Aguado, Sch.P., Superior General of the Piarist Order, and Rev. Fernando Hernandez, Sch.P., the General Assistant for the Americas , on February 28 and March 1. While at Devon they met staff and faculty, visited classrooms and spoke to the seniors during their retreat. They were also joined by Rev. Fernando Negro, Sch. P. Provincial Superior of the Piarist Fathers' United States and Puerto Rico prov‐ ince. These three visitors along with our own Piarist Fathers concelebrated the weekly Friday morning Mass for the whole school in our gym. A er Mass jun‐ ior John Burke presented Father Aguado and Father Hernandez with gi s from the school. Father Aguado then addressed the students, with Father Renteria as his interpreter, giving them a brief history of the Piarist Order and its found‐ er, St. Joseph Calasanz. Father Aguado said if St. Joseph were present he would tell the boys to “believe in yourself and don’t try to build a life apart from God. Trust in Him and let Him speak to you.” A er his talk Rev. Aguado presented the students and faculty with a day off from school to be determined by Fr. Shea.