Sweet Home High School students, named AP scholars

In recognition of their exceptional achievement on college level advanced placement examinations held last May, the College Board has named 45 Sweet Home High School students and graduates AP Scholars.

The distinction, which has several levels of achievement based on success on a number of year-long courses and exams taken, was given to only about 18 percent of the more than 1.3 million students who took the AP examinations nationwide in May 2006.

AP Exams are taken by students each May after completing challenging college-level courses at their high school. They are graded on a five-point scale with five being the highest score. Most of the nation's colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement or both for grades of three or higher.

The College Board, is a not-for-profit educational association that supports academic preparation and transition to higher education.

Sweet Home's individual honors:

 Six 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. They were Lindsay Bartkowski, Michael Bartkowski, Edward Buffington, Gregory Lipp, Kara Oliver and Jeremy Shapero.

 Eleven 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. They were Kelly Ackerman, Aneela Alamgir, Latoya Alyster, Eric Henn, Janelle Ludwig, Rachel Mc- Ness, Alyssa Palombo, John Phillips, Alivia Ruiz, Aman Sharma and Sarah Strobino.

 Twenty-eight students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. They were Ryan Barton, Allison Bozinski, Jennifer Cook, Zachary Crittenden, Nicholas Davidson, Jason Desiderio, Christopher Fecio, Kenneth Fu, Brianne Galli, Daniel Hagen, Sara Heron, Melissa Liberatore, Ryan Maxwell, Ryan Murray, Christine Ottaviano, Dennis Polanski, Krista Prentice, Melissa Puchalski, Lindsay Putzbach, Michael Raymond, Kelly Roberts, Jaimie Rogemoser, Jessica Rogers, Rachel Scott, Rachel Shelton, Margaret Weber, Kristin Wilson and Kyle Young.