Many at LGHS excel during Advanced Placement exams
Seventy Los Gatos High School students were named A.P. Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Examinations. Approximately 13 percent of more than 700,000 high school students, who took the exams in May 2000, scored high enough to earn this recognition.
Students take A.P. examinations in May after completing various college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number and type of courses students have taken. Most American colleges and universities award class credit, advanced placement or both based on incoming freshmen's successful performance.
Of LGHS's 70 A.P. Scholars, three qualified for the National A.P. Scholar Award by earning an average grade of four or higher on all A.P. exams taken, and grades of four or higher on eight or more of these exams. They were Sara Clark, Leif Linden and Ailinh Tran.
Thirty-four students qualified for the A.P. Scholar of Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all exams taken, and grades of three or higher on five or more of these exams. They were: Aviva Aron-Dine, Brett Bertocci, Greg Blevins, Becca Bradley, Margo Buchanan, Kitri Bui, Stacey Chang, Ted Chang, Tim Chen, Chris Choi, Jesse Clark, Michael Clark, Mika Clark, Sara Clark, Rebecca Fong, Jenny Glennon, Cathryn Haeffele, Caleb Hayashi, Stone Hsu, Emily Jeffers, Grace Kay, Joel Key, Leif Linden, Tim Odell, James Pease, Sangeeta Rana, Phil Roan, Rachel Sax, Christine Schildt, Adam Siegel, Kira Spindler, Robin Swab, Alex Toy and Ailinh Tran.
Twenty students qualified for the A.P. Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all exams taken, and grades of three or higher on four or more of these exams. They were: Lindsey Adams, Taran Barca-Hall, Kevin Carney, Jason Chinn, Nick Cisowski, Rebecca Dodson, Steven Falkenhagen, Ross Halper, Vince Lok, Meghan McCarthy, Taralyn Meusel, Meghan O'Brien, Jacob Perkins, Joanna Ruah, Adam Stephenson, Maya Stevens, Erick Sturm, Karren Thomas, Ben Winkelman and Garret Winkleman.
Sixteen students qualified for the A.P. Scholar Award by completing three or more exams with grades of three or higher. They were: Cheryl Betzina, Kristin Fahrenholz, Matt Falkenhagen, Meredith Groff, Lisa Hwang, Sean Lawrence, Brynna Levine, Peter Myers, Andrew Ow, Liz Pellegrin, Paul Perry, Jennifer Uhrowczik, Nirali Vora, Meggy Wang, Andrew Wooster and Jonathan Yip.
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