For immediate release

10/26/06

Nearly 70 Bloomington students earn AP Scholar awards

Sixty-five students at Jefferson and Kennedy High Schools earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exams.

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 the AP exams. About 18 percent of the more than one million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Three Bloomington graduates are National AP Scholars

David Christensen, a 2006 Jefferson graduate, Juliana Feldhacker, a 2006 Jefferson graduate, and Arif Hasan, a 2006 Jefferson graduate, earned the National AP Scholar award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. The National AP Scholar award is the highest ranking in the nation and in the AP Scholars awards.

Thirteen students earn AP Scholars with Distinction

Thirteen students qualified for an AP Scholar with Distinction award by earning 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 Distinction

Joshua Brose, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Elisa Chapman, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

David Christensen, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Juliana Feldhacker, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Sarah Finer, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Richard Fong, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Arif Hasan, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Peder Jacobson, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Kristina Krull, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Theodore Trevor, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Corey Velgersdyk, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Benjamin Wagner, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

David Wutchiett, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Fifteen students earn AP Scholars with Honor

Fifteen Bloomington students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor award by earning 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 with Honor

Yahya Chaudhary, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Grant Erickson, a Jefferson senior

Richard Erickson, 2006 Jefferson graduate

Shaun Fernandes, a Jefferson junior

Nicholas Groenke, a Jefferson senior

Benjamin Harste, a Jefferson senior

Angela Kampa, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Kai Knutson, a Jefferson senior

Andrew Le, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

John Merchant, a Kennedy senior

Andrew Saaranen, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Kathryn Schlichting, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Amanda Sesker, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Michael Solberg, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Eric Tvedte, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Forty Bloomington students AP Scholars

Forty Bloomington students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 3 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on three or more of these exams.

AP Scholars

Juliet Archer, a Kennedy senior

Garrett Augustine, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Dennis Axelrod, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Anastasia Baboshkina, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Christoper Bartels, a Kennedy senior

Eleanor Bartsch, a Kennedy senior

Steven Braun, a Jefferson senior

Alison Bruzek, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Nathan Chovanec, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Molly Conrad, a Jefferson junior

Timothy Dubis, a Kennedy senior

Andrew Forsgren, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Colin Hall, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Eric Hansen, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Craig Heinen, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Mia Howard, a Jefferson junior

Anne Imsdahl, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Francesca Jacobson, a Jefferson senior

Nicholas Kemp, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Sung Kim, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

William Kudrle, a Jefferson senior

Michael Machacek, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Josiah Maroko, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Laura McDaniels, a 2006 Jefferson senior

Kari Mickelson, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Sarah Moilanen, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Annamarie Nelson, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Mary Palin, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Theresa Peterson, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Kelly Rynda, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Gilbert Shank, a Kennedy senior

Peter Shroyer, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Blake Smith, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Nathan Stinger, a Jefferson senior

Casey Swansson, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Tenzin Tsomo, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Benjamin Underhill, a 2006 Kennedy graduate

Yvonne Wagner, a Jefferson senior

Jon Wing, a 2006 Jefferson graduate

Ruixian Yue, a Jefferson senior