One hundred and sixty-four Shaker Heights High School students and June 2016 graduates have been named AP Scholars by The College Board in recognition of their outstanding performance on three or more Advanced Placement (AP) examinations administered through May 2016. This represents 39 percent of the Shaker students who took AP exams; worldwide, about 23 percent of the 2.6 million students who took AP exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.
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 standing, or both for successful performance on AP exams. The exams are graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest, and most U.S. colleges will grant credit or upper-level placement for a grade of 3 or higher. In 2016, more than 35 AP exams were offered by The College Board in a wide variety of subject areas.
Shaker Heights High School offers 24 Advanced Placement courses in 20 subject areas: music theory; English; world languages, including French, Spanish, German, and Latin; math, including calculus and statistics; science, including computer science, chemistry, biology, environmental science, and physics; and social studies, including American government, economics, modern European history, world history, psychology, and U.S. history. In any given year, approximately one-third of Shaker sophomores, juniors, and seniors are enrolled in at least one AP course. In May 2016, 423 Shaker students took 937 AP examinations, with 83 percent earning a score of 3 or higher. By the time they graduate, more than 40% of Shaker students have taken at least one AP course.
The students honored graduated in June 2016 unless otherwise noted.
Fifty-eight students were named AP Scholars by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. They are Amalia Ackerman, Brian Amusat ('17), Paige Anderson, Matthew Bauer, Joseph Berusch ('17), Maeve Billings ('17), Kyle Boyle, Conal Demian ('17), Wyatt Eisen ('17), Jackson Faulx ('17), Jean Feng, Amelia Gingras ('17), Maxwell Gustafson ('17), Maryam Hiradfar ('17), Austin Hise ('17), Marisa Hofstetter, Sarah Jacob, Eleanor James, Abigail Kagan ('17), Matthew Klein, Elisa Laframboise ('17), Larry Li ('18), Simon Manning ('17), Rebecca Marek, Anabel McGuan ('17), Hannah Modlin, Riley Murray, Jacob Natowicz, Emma Neil ('18), Gloria Ng ('17), Darby O'Brien, Katherine Pastore, Jordan Pazol ('17), Liam Prendergast ('17), Vincent Prochoroff, Olivia Proe ('17), Annemie Reimers ('17), Hannah Ruhoff, Elizabeth Schulte-Lawrence, Andrew Shultheiss ('17), Gabriel Segar, Peter Shick, Julia Shin ('18), William Siwik ('17), Sloane Stack, Aidan Stibora ('17), Brendan Sullivan, John Sullivan ('17), Sriram Sundararajan ('18), Jocelyn Ting, ('18), James Triozzi, William Turner, Nathaniel Wain ('17), Caroline Webster ('17), Peter Welter, Ryan Wheeler ('17), Sarah White ('17), and Davon Williams.
Thirty students qualified as AP Scholars with Honor by earning an average 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 Yash Agrawal ('17), Amelia Bayless-Marr ('17), Jacque Berkson ('17), Zachary Brown ('17), Margo Burnard, Luis Clebsch, Claire Connors ('17), Elena Dumm, Nicholas Forbes ('17), Anna Halldorsdottir ('17), Margo Hertzer ('17), Trevor Hunter ('17), Jessica Kaups ('17), Caroline Kruithoff ('17), Elizabeth La Rue, Felipe Lamenza, Edward Love ('17), Sarah Manuszak ('17), Nicholas Masso ('17), Christopher Miklos ('17), Meagan Mitchell ('17), William Raddock ('17), Andrew Roth ('17), George Schmidt, Hayes Torrence, Matt Weisman ('17), Ari Weiss ('17), Sam Weiss ('17), Zachary Wheeler ('17) and Dillon Zetzer.
Seventy-six students qualified as AP Scholars with Distinction by earning an average of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on at least five exams. They are Augustine Branden, Gabriella Bal, Jocelyn Bernstein, Justin Bernstein, Vishwanath Betapudi, John Bistritz, Maxwell Bond, Colleen Bradly, Haley Buchan, Nathaniel Calabrese, Max Cassell, Sophia Ciccarelli, Nathaniel Crowley ('17), Margaret Cullina, Graham Davidson, Robert Desmond, Francisca Douglass, Ryan Duffett ('17), Edith Duncan ('17), Charles Espy ('17), Joseph Espy, Li Yang Feng, Ruth Geye, Jeremy Gimbel ('17), Mathieu Girard ('17), Joshua Goetze, Benjamin Harper ('17), Alexandra Harris, Blake Himes ('17), Megan Hofstetter, Karissa Huang ('17), Jeremy Hunter, Brian Johnson ('17), Veronica Jones, Layla Joseph, Allison Kao, Nabhonil Kar, Srivishnu Kasturi ('17), Samuel Katz ('17), Owen Laframboise, Jason LaMonica, Matthew Mahoney-White, Anton Manak, Lucas Marr, Andrew Maytin ('17), Samuel McFadden, Matthew McMillan, Canyon McWilliams, Braden Meyerhoefer, Ian Morrison, Clara Mueller, Allison Nordstrom ('17), David Peck, Saeesha Pimplikar, Joshua Podl, Olivia Rayburn, Marisa Reape, Sonia Richman, Grace Rostetter, Anna Seballos, Evan Shaw, McNair Shaw, Anav Sood, Nora Spadoni ('17), Benjamin Stadler, Harry Steinberg ('17), Aishwarya Suresh ('17), Peter Swales, Jacob Voyzey, Isabel Wang ('17), Yiyin Wang, Justin Wise, Emily Wollman, Ethan Young, Helen Yusko and Jimmy Zhu.
In addition to being designated AP Scholars with Distinction, 29 Shaker students were named National AP Scholars. This designation is reserved for students earning an average grade of 4 or higher on all AP exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on at least eight exams. Shaker’s National AP Scholars are Gabriella Bal, Jocelyn Bernstein, Justin Bernstein, Vishwanath Betapudi, Maxwell Bond, Haley Buchan, Max Cassell, Margaret Cullina, Robert Desmond, Joseph Espy, Li Yang Feng, Karissa Huang, Jeremy Hunter, Allison Kao, Nabhonil Kar, Owen Laframboise, Samuel McFadden, Canyon McWilliams, Braden Meyerhoefer, Ian Morrison, Clara Mueller, Joshua Podl, Marisa Reape, Anna Seballos, Anav Sood, Peter Swales, Emily Wollman, Helen Yusko and Jimmy Zhu.