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 1.3 million high school students in 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.

Students took AP Exams in May 2006 after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

Students at La Salle Academy:

15 students qualified for the 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. These students are:

Marie Aberger

Harry Bock

Victoria Brown

Marco Carmosino

Matthew Galligan

Amy Gibson

Nicole Halmi

Mark Limperis

Derek Lombardi

Benjamin Schwartz

Natasha Shenfield

Robert Squizzero

Erica Tow

Caitlin VanDyke

Lauren VanDyke

4 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. These students are:

Eric Delgizzo

Meghan Dillon

Erin Ingalls

Amber Yang

39 students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are:

Daniel Brewster

William Cotta

Marie Culpepper

Daniel Curran

James D’Ambra

Elizabeth DiLullo

Alexandra Fogarty

Alexandra Grande

Meghan Harten

Thomas Heffernan

Maura Hogan

Michael Hogan

Maritza Jaramillo

Elizabeth Kemp

Derek Kroessler

Christina Laboissonniere

Philippe Laguerre

Kerri Lapierre

Shanon Ludden

Patrick McBurney

Andrew Mercurio

Kristen Miller

Michael Nozick

Lindsay Pacia

Joseph Palmieri

Bethany Plummer-Ricci

Kevin Proulx

Theresa Raimondo

Elizabeth Santilli

Emily Scanlan

Ashleigh Smeal

Courtney Souza

Katrina Tallarico

Julie Thomas

Amanda Tirocchi

Jeannine Tondreau

Nicholas Vincent

John Wray

Kacia Yazbak

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. In 2006, thirty-five AP Exams were offered in a wide variety of subject areas, each consisting of multiple-choice and free-response (essay or problem-solving) questions (except for the Studio Art exam which evaluates students’ original artwork).

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