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29 Lemont High School Students Named AP Scholars
Students were recently honored for their outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement exams in May 2011.
A near-record 29 students from Class of 2011 have been recognized as AP Scholars for their outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement exams in May 2011.
The mark comes just short of Lemont's in 2010.
Through the Advanced Placement Program, students are able to take college-level courses while still in high school. Depending on their performance on AP exams, they can earn college credit, advanced placement at the college level — or both.
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Of the more than 1.8 million students across the world who took AP Exams, about 18 percent earned AP Scholar recognition, according to a news release.
Eleven Lemont graduates earned the AP Scholar with Distintion 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 the exams they took.
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AP Scholars with Distinction are Jake Groselak, Nick Hunt, Rita Kuseliauskas, Arthur Laciak, Aileen McGraw, Vijay Rajendran, Jonathan Remiasz, Clare Rogers, Jim Shupryt, Rob Smierciak and Paige Szymanski.
Five alums—Kevin Fritz, Ryan Harding, Magdalena Jazowski, Leslie Kane and Becky Radavich—were named AP Scholars with Honor after earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of the exams they took.
Thirteen students qualified for the AP Scholar award by completing three or more AP exams with scores of 3 or higher. Honorees were Elizabeth Bernabe, Lindsay Bromberek, Elise Cody, Will Collins, Michael Czuma, Janelle Fennessy, Abby Korte, Matt Lithgow, Matt McKenna, Jim Myers, Nicole Papiernik, Nick Taluzek and William Udziela.
Groselak, Hunt, Kuseliauskas, Laciak, Rajendran, Remiasz, Rogers, Shupryt, Smierciak and Taluzek also received AP Scholar recognition in 2010.
Though the College Board offers more than 30 AP exams, Lemont High School currently has only 10 courses (Biology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Literature, Environmental Science, U.S. Government, Physics B, Psychology, Statistics and U.S. History). A portion of the AP curriculum is taught through all four years of the school's Honors English track.
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