67 RNE students named AP Scholars by College Board

Sixty- seven of Richland Northeast High School's students and 2006 graduates have been cited by the College Board for their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams administered last May.

Emily Robertson is a National AP Scholar, earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5- point scale on all AP Exams taken, as well as grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Richland Northeast's AP Scholars with Distinction are Amanda Acevedo- Jake, Jaymeson Benton, Laura Creech, Emily Dean, Laura Duncan, Sally Duncan, Samuel Ervin, Kenya Goins, Alexander Houck, Miles Martin, Jaimie Mobley, Emily Rohertson, Sarafina Robinson, Molly Sanders, Matthew Scully, and Anna Strick. All earned an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

AP Scholars with Honor are Aileen Alon, Henry Blume, Chelsey Boggs, Sona Coshal, Tenell Felder, Sean, Friend, Stephanie Jerrell, Morgan Lovit, Arch Martin, Elizabeth Prinz, Angelee Rizzo, Jennifer Sarpong, Andrew Stepp, Layton Williamson, and Feng- Ru Zhao. These 15 students earned an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

AP Scholars are Marques Ardoin, Taylor Atkinson, Lauren Barbour, Kathryn Beaudette, Rachel Bergmann, Emily Bracey, Ashton Brock, Megan Brown, Sarah Brownson, Rebecca Burney, Paul Busby, Brian Chavis, Laura Currey, Tenley Desjardins, Mohamed Gabr, Yasmine Gabr, Robin Goldberg, Julian Green, Stacey Hentschel, Brittnee Jenkins, Katherine Libby, Jennifer McCormick, Matthew Meadows, Teonica Murphy, Vessela Radieva, Lee Reisman, Nalini Sareen, Aimee Schmidt, Erika Sellers, Hayley Swinson, Ashton Szadek, Daniel Weinberg, Jermisha Williams, Elizabeth Yoos, and Mallory Zaccone. These 35 students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Examinations, with grades of 3 or higher.

Through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, students can take college- level courses and often receive college credit while still in high school. However, only a small percentage of the more than one million high school students in almost 15,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams did well enough to be designated an AP Scholar.

Richland Northeast High School offers 25 AP courses. The breadth and success of its AP program has twice earned RNE a place on Newsweek magazine's list of top high schools in America. 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.