Rogers Students Honored As AP Scholars

By STAFF REPORT

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 2:33 a.m.

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ROGERS — A g roup of 112 students in the Rogers School District earned the distinction of AP Scholar for their exceptional achievement on the collegelevel Advanced Placement Program Exams, up from 97 Rogers students in 2008.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. Rogers students are among the top 18 percent of the more than 1.6 million high school students worldwide who took AP Exams and performed at a suft ciently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Students took the AP Exams in May 2009 after completing rigorous courses at their high schools.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams.

Rogers High School

Chelsea Anderson qualified as a National Scholar after earning a score of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on eight or more AP Exams.

Eighteen 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 Brynn Alford, Chelsea Anderson, Casey Caton, Jennifer Cole, Nicholas Crump, Ryan Gardner, Adam Johnson, McKenzie Keller, James Kelly, Jill Kinslow, Stephen Liguori, Tracer Moore, Leigha Mozzoni, Samuel Murphy, Sarah Weeden, Grace Weiderhaft, Edward Wheeley and Julie Youngs.

Twenty-two 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 Heather Allen, Libby Black, Kira Coonce, Jaime Curtis, Tara Diermann, Jeffrey Eisma, Lauryn Harris, Anthony Melia, Thomas Mulcahy, Taralynn Overkleeft, Haley Sanders, Jackson Schmandt, Alex Schroeder, Luke Smith, Christopher Sonntag, Gabriel Soto, Ashton Tate, Casey Thompson, Hieu Truong, Chelsea Tubb, Tiffany Walker and Stephanie Watts.

Fifty-three students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.

These students are Matthew Alderson, Joseph Berroa, William Brothers, Kendall Bruce, Johanna Casey, Austin Conley, Sarah Conley, Samantha Cummins, Penelope Davis, Robert Dorch, Ryan Duff y, Kaitlyn Dye, Catherine Eaton, Matthew Ericksen, Nima Eshragh, Kevin Glennon, Jacob Grelle, Jared Hall, Kylee Hansen, Jessica Heiden, Colby Hines, Mallory Hudson, Lauren Husband, Britton Jones, Mollieanne Kuth, Zachary Lane, Silvia Martinez, Whitney Masters, Jonathan McDowell, Kelton McFarlane, Byron McGee, Kaitlin McGrail, Caleb Melton, Ashley Miller, Maxwell Muirhead, Reid Nelson, Juan Perea, Joseph Richardson, Anne Rohr, Edith Rosales, Sarah Samples, Ryan Schatzman, Alejandra Serna, Maitri Shah, Jeff rey Smith, Karem Sonora, Brandi Starnes, Daniel Sultemeier, Keifer Walsh, Matthew Williams, Taylor Wood, Brent Young and Rosalynn Ziemba.

Rogers Heritage High School

One student, (James) Alex March, 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 fi ve or more of these exams.

Four 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 Ashleigh Alecusan, Gabriela Caceres, Philip Reynolds and Laura Townzen.

Fourteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.

The AP Scholars are Cody Besett, Helen Burrell, Georgia Carter, Rachel Casey, Benjamin Faircloth, Jared Gilstrap, Kelsey Johnson, Nicholas Jordan, Hayden Lovelace, McKenzie Macy, Nathan McFarland, Colton Pace, Amanda Ritter and Fredrico Veloz.

Of this year’s award recipients at Heritage High School, all nineteen are seniors who took their AP exams as juniors. These students have this senior year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award.

Both Rogers high schools offer 22 AP courses in a variety of areas from science to foreign languages, history, music, English and art.

Mo st of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams.

News, Pages 6 on 11/30/2009

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