Traverse City Area Public Schools is proud to announce 42 students at Traverse City Central High School and 54 students at Traverse City West Senior High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.

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. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Students took AP Exams in May 2007 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

The following students qualified for the National Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3.0 or higher on five or more of the AP exams:

    Traverse City Central High School:

 Alexander Lane, Patrick Roach, Keegan Schrider

    Traverse City West Senior High School:

 Hannah Bach, Jalel Nadji, Holly O’Brien, Patrick Paul, Anne Prisk

The following students qualified for the National AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3.0 or higher on four or more of the AP exams:

    Traverse City Central High School:

Hayley Aja, Jocelyn Ballast, Camdem Brown, Matthew Elliott, Kyle Endicott, Travis Heeren, Christopher Little, Evelynne Mende, Elizabeth Norton, Katelyn Patterson, Maureen Stych

Traverse City West Senior High School:

        Jacob Bauer-Anstadt, Ashley Kolodziej, Andrew Nichols, Kylin Nixon, Kelsey O’Brien, Ellen Ott, Evan Perry, Elise Randall, Todd Richter, Maria Ulrich, Natalie White, Marissa Wood-Sternburgh

The following students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3.0 or higher:

Traverse City Central High School:

 Stephanie Ackerman, William Arnold, Michael Baker, Barbara Burke, Nicholas Gerstner, James Groesbeck, Kayla Hoyt, Kyleigh Jung, Lauren Kamps, Mitchell Karbowski, Kelsey Lauer, James Olson, Heidi Pangborn, Kristine Perria, Andrea Potthoff, Hannah Ramage, Meagan Ray, Justin Rivard, Austin Roden, Margaret Rodgers, Kelsey Sovereign, Justin Sterk, Rachel Throop, Aaron Trippe, Samuel Tuck, Lydia Vantraalte, Keegan Wilson, Joshua Winters

Traverse City West Senior High School:

  Joline Andrews, Edsel Beach, Katherine Belknap, Erin Bernhard, Keegan Beyer, Myles Boothroyd, Dylan Box, Geoffrey Burns, Jessica Cichowski, Holly Clifton, Adolisa Cobos, Shelby Crocker, Anthony Fell, Martin Fox, Nathan Gallagher, Andrew Hainen, John Hill, Jordan Huffman, Amanda Jarboe, Christina Kohout, Julia Korn, John Krueger, Kaitlin Madison, Celia Mulder, Damian Nelson, Abigail Ozanich, Alexis Palmquist, Jeffrey Rice, Kelley Robinson, Elyse Schultz, Nathaniel Shuff, Andrew Space, Emma Stone, Molly Valleau, Arthur Velez, Katharine Ward, Rachel Wendels

Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 1,400 institutions award a full year’s credit (sophomore standing) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades. In 2007, thirty-seven AP Exams were offered in a wide variety of subject areas, each consisting of multiple-choice and free-response (essay or problem-solving or oral response) questions (except for the Studio Art exam which evaluates students’ original artwork).

The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,200 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the college Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement Program (AP). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns.

Please contact Tracy Carra, Traverse City Central High School at 933-8698 or Tom Ford, Traverse City West Senior High School, at 933-7706 for more information.