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Richards celebrates record number of Advanced Placement scholars

Richards High School proudly announces that 45 of its current students or May 2013 graduates qualified as Advanced Placement Scholars.  That's the largest group in school history.

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 AP exams.

The College Board honors outstanding performances on AP exams with several levels of recognition.

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The following earned the A.P. Scholar Award, which they earned by completing three or more AP examinations with grades of 3 (the minimum score that qualifies for college credit, on a scale of 1 to 5): Mahmoud Abdel, Angelica Alba, Hadeel Altaher, Gelique Ayala, Omar Cattan, Brendan Coughlan, Lauren Davis, Taylor Gabby, Jacob Gacek, Aminah Garcia, Peter Gavrilos, Oleksandr Gorobets, Emily Guerin, Vanessa Huerta-Correa, Brendan Johnson,  Kelly Kaminsky, Amber Kunz, Nick Lisowski, Michael Lonigro, Kelly McGreal, Nethaum Mizyed, Jordan Moeller, Taylor Newton, Jeff O Boyle, Jasmine Ortega, Collin Page, Mariel Rancel, Adrian Reczek, Nicole Reed, Carlos Rodriguez, Ahmad Shuibat, Neil Slowinski, Anne Sortino, Alyssa Straits, and Sara Tobin.

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The following students qualified as an A.P. Scholar with Honor for passing four tests with an average of at least 3.25: Yvita Bustos, Gervacio Cabel, Agata Chmiel, Rebecca Dunterman, Alec Kleczkowski, and Tyler Mitchell..

Finally, Madeline Doon, Elizabeth Gacek, Nicole Norris, and Eftihia Peroulas qualified for the A.P. Scholar with Distinction award for averaging at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more exams.

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. 

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