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Nazareth School Board Recognizes AP Scholars, Teachers
The full list of AP Scholars and teachers recognized at Monday's Nazareth Area School Board meeting.
The Nazareth Area School Board honored AP students and teachers at its meeting and many of them were present to exchange congratulatory handshakes with board members.
The district -- for the second-straight year -- was named an AP District of the Year. Nazareth is one of 37 such districts in Pennsylvania and 539 nationwide.
One name that again popped up was Colin Henderson, one of three Blue Eagles in the National AP Scholars category for 2011-2012. The scholars received an average score of at least a 4 (on a 0-5 scale, with 5 as the highest) on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
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The other scholars -- John Martin and Matthew Rohn -- graduated in June.
The board honored Henderson, a senior, in October for being a National Merit Semifinalist -- the first such scholar the high school has had in five or six years,Nazareth High Principal Alan Davis told the board at the time.
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For more information on the district's Advance Placement achievements, read "NASD Named an AP District of the Year" on Nazareth Patch.
The following are other AP categories and the students in them. The information is for the 2011-2012 school year. The numbers next to the students’ names are their grade levels during the 2011-2012 year.
AP SCHOLARS WITH DISTINCTION, for students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 in all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more exams:
Erin Adams, 12 Rachel Level, 11 Devon Clifton, 12 Richard Liao, 11 Ashley Edwards, 12 John Martin, 12 Katie Fritchman, 12 Ayomide Opeyemi, 11 Meghan Gary, 12 Emma Parrish, 11 Leah Giralico, 12 Courtney Redmon, 11 Teressa Hamsher, 12 Matthew Rohn, 12 Colin Henderson, 11 Adam Smith, 12 Vivian Hou, 11 Christopher Uhler, 12 Rachel Kosciusko, 12AP SCHOLARS WITH HONOR, for students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more exams:
AP SCHOLARS, for students who receive a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams:
Kyle Craft, 12 Kelly Morgano, 12 Morgan Esordi, 12 Noah Nealon, 12 Ashley Guptill, 11 Oluwasinmisola Opeyemi, 12 Rachel Jani, 11 Cameron Petersen, 12 Andrew Kowalczyk, 12 Alana Smith, 12 Haley Leopold, 12 Dane Vanover, 12 Jeremy Martinez, 12 Joseph Walsh, 12 Olivia Migliori, 11The board also honored the following teachers of AP courses:
Gina Rakos, Biology; Joseph Novak, Calculus AB; Tina Hirsch, Chemistry; Sandy Jameson and Norma Shriver, English language and composition; Richard Angstadt, European history and Psychology; Patricia Cunningham, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and U.S. government and politics; Douglas Myers, Physics B; Matthew Greene, Statistics; Alana Speicher, Studio Art: 2-D Design Portfolio, and Edward Mazur, U.S. history.
Also honored was Vickie Celin, the AP program coordinator.
