501 Highland Park High School students have been recognized with 572 Advanced Placement Scholar Awards by the College Board for demonstrating outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on AP exams.

 

The AP exams were administered in May 2018 to students in grades 9-12 who were enrolled across 32 different AP courses. HPHS students participated in approximately 2,978 course exams with the highest participation rates in English Language Compositions and English Literature Composition.

 

"Because AP Scholar Distinctions are only awarded to students who have successfully completed three or more college-level exams, these 501 students representing our school have earned the equivalent of more than 1,500 college credits," HPHS Principal Walter Kelly said. "I am particularly impressed with these students when one considers that they not only have surpassed expectations for high school academics but that they also continue to contribute in so many other ways to our school and community."

 

Success on an AP exam is defined as earning an exam score of 3 or higher, which represents the score point that research finds predictive for college success and college graduation. HPISD has an average AP score of 3.88 and has recognized 4,289 AP Scholar Awards since 2011.

 

 

Class of 2018 James S.Bailey Blake L. Barton  Tejal T. Bhikha   Emma G. Bruner  William R. Cerny Karen M. Chen Michael C. Cochran  Lily C. Cormier  Kiersten Diercks Will R. Elphingstone Thomas G.Emerson   Madison Fagan     Sydney M. Favors Matthew R. Forbes Haley B. Gatt  Abigail V. Govett  Emily Greaves  Luke H.Grossman  Eleanor H. Henry  Matthew C. Hopkins Kara N. Johansen Cole Johnson Sophia C. Kanaan Albert Liang  Megan J. Liu Mia L. London  Jason P. Lu  Andrew Lupton     John P. MacMichael

Class of 2018 James McDaniel Sarah Minto-Sparks Braden W. Munn        Noble W. Nash     Shelby D. Nelson Sarah G. Orsak Aaron Pathak Yash K. Pathak Sarah E. Reedy         Nolan S. Roberts Rachel M. Rogers  William W. Rutherford  Carmen E. Santiago-Urbaue Sophia I. Scaglioni Meleg Trevor P. Schillaci Shaffin Siddiqui Slade H. Sinak   Jackson P. Smith Westley Q. Sturhan Bhavana Thota   Derek Wu     Michael H. Xie Richard Zhang  Samuel S. Zhang Kevin K. Zhou

Class of 2019 Jerry T. Chen    Anna Chung         William W.Deng Benjamin N.Genender Kenan Gursel Matthew L. Healy Jeffrey Jehng Enayat P. Kapadia Justin Liang Richard L. Luo    Luke F. Martin    Benjamin J. Olness  Cameron M. Poe Sameed Sayeed Calder Sinak Henry H. Wang Angela X. Wu Michael W. Zhan  Raymond Zou

An astounding 213 students were recognized as AP Scholars with Distinction, a designation that is granted to students who scored a 3 or higher on five or more AP exams with an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams taken.