School News N A T I O N A L
Scholar Awards
M E R I T
S C H O L A R S
National Merit Semifinalists
92% of AP Exam scores qualify for advanced standing in college
Fifty-five members of the Classes of 2013 and 2014 have been named AP Scholars by the College Board for their exceptional achievement on the college-level AP Exams. Of the 218 Advanced Placement exams in 16 subjects taken by 104 students, as of June 2013, 92 percent of the scores were 3’s or better on the 1–5 national scale, qualifying our students for advanced college standing. Receiving National AP Scholar Awards for average scores of at least 4 or higher on all AP Exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more are 2013 graduates Grace He and Leah Yuan, and seniors Brian Hu and Gregory Sun. Their average score was 4.62. Receiving National AP Scholar Awards for average scores of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more are seniors Allie Feuerlein, Andrew Ligeralde, Haoyu Shi, and Benjamin Sorscher. 2013 graduates who received AP Scholar with Distinction Awards are Nicholas Au-Yeung, Alessandra Baretta, Anne Stuart Bell, Bethany Buck, Ellen Coombe, Cullen Deimer, Grace He, Ian Hillenbrand, Kerry Hoar, Sebastian Hoar, Sara Hodgkins, Sara Johnson, Katherine King, Shoshana Klafter, John Larkin, Priyanka Parameswaran, Kyle Patel, Zoe Pochobradsky, Claire Romaine, Katherine Shen, Peter Todorov, Sarah Williamson, and Elizabeth Young. Their average score was 4.47. Receiving AP Scholar with Honor Awards for average scores of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more are seniors Ashok Dheenan, Kayla Kavanaugh, Angie Li, Sarah Shim, and Phoebe Um; 2013 graduates are Michael Bain, Hannah Batsche, Federica Fernandez, Anna Gagliardo, Ganlin Liu, John Rowe, Mia Samaha, and Rachel White. Their average score was 4.11. Receiving AP Scholar Awards for scoring 3 or higher on three or more exams are seniors Roshni Bagli, Kevin Cole, Mary T. Griggs, Reena SenGupta and Panos Skoufalos, and 2013 graduates Shray Ambe, Gloria Garcia, Carly Harten, Hugh Mackay, Marisa Steele and Qijing Xie. Their average score was 3.83.
(Seated) Ashok Dheenan, Hadiya Harrigan, Kayla Kavanaugh, Angie Li, Allie Feuerlein, Hayden Schiff (Standing) Brian Hu, Gregory Sun, Andrew Ligeralde, Ben Sorscher, Panos Skoufalos, Phoebe Um
Seven Hills continues its tradition of excellence with 12 students who received recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Program. Six students were named Semifinalists, and five were named Commended students. In addition, one senior received distinguished recognition from the National Achievement Scholarship Program. Seven Hills National Merit Semifinalists are Brian Hu, Angie Li, Andrew Ligeralde, Panos Skoufalos, Ben Sorscher, and Gregory Sun. National Merit Commended students are Ashok Dheenan, Allie Feuerlein, Kayla Kavanaugh, Hayden Schiff, and Phoebe Um. The National Achievement Scholarship Program recognized Hadiya Harrigan.
For more Seven Hil ls news, downloa d a QR C ode app your sma to rtphone a nd scan the code below to view Sev Hills’ e-ne en wsletter, The Buzz (or visit w ww.7hills BUZZ.org ).
19