AP® Scholar awards announced

FALLBROOK – Sixty-three students at Fallbrook Union High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.9 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. At Fallbrook Union High School, over 21 percent of the students who tested earned an award.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

At Fallbrook Union High School:

• Three students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Rebecca Allen, Alexander Heald, and Kathleen Young.

• Fifteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction 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 these exams. These students are Rebecca Allen, Jack Alperstein, Samantha Branham, Ashley Chaney, McKenna Diverde, Jonathan Espinosa, Alexander Heald, Danica Hooper, Cesar Loera Loera, Alexander Louden, Laura Marks, Alana McLeod, Aurora Navarrete, Hannah Oppermann, and Kathleen Young.

• Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Selina Eich, Austin Fagrell, Quinn Harrison, Heidi Herrera, Samuel McDaniels, America Morales, Karla Ruiz, Andrea Stofko, and Amanda Vetch.

• Thirty-six students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Illiana Arias, Andrea Baca, Joellen Banks, Kimberley Beier, Jeauna Bell, Daisy Campos, Eric Cerriteno, Savanah Dawkins, Angela DiMercurio, Deanne Do, Alejandro Estrada, Tessa Fieri, Madison Hanson, Ruth Hernandez, Josue Herrera Ramirez, Sofia Hughes, Alyssa Johnson, Nathaniel Kenner, Kylie King, Joy Kumagai, Kiral Lepard, Millie Lim, Connor McClelland, Nuri Melo, Christina Oh, Maria Olague, Karina Osuna Robles, Adalberto Perez, Chris Raymundo, Truman Reich, Diana Riddle, Cristian Rudisell, Aimee Steen, Gustavo Tarango, Hailey Tucker, and Alec Whitson.

Of this year’s award recipients at Fallbrook Union High School, 20 are juniors. These students have one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar award.