WEST ORANGE, NJ — The annual West Orange High School advanced placement recognition ceremony on May 22 acknowledged students who excelled on AP exams in one or more subjects.
To be named an AP Scholar, students must receive a grades of 3 — out of a possible 5 — or higher on three or more AP exams. AP Scholars recognized were Andres Albavega, Robert Banks, Samuel Banks, Selam Bellete, Josette Blenman, Kristina Boafo, Melissa Callen, Ryan Carraha, Christopher Chopping, Alexander Choy, Trey Cohn, Bridget Cunningham, D’Aundra Delapenha, Aira Patricia Dolfo, Cameron Gart, Julian Gorring, Kelly Gouin Dominguez, Matthew Hascsak, Matigan Kohlman, Josephine Kravits, Katiana Lacroix, Sara Laine, Ariel Lee, Devin Lipsey, Umar Mahmood, Maire Murphy, Peter Powell, Noor Qureshi, Sophia Raines, Ramiro Reynaga, Abby Rosu, Adnan Salem, Emily Sanchez, Nerissa SantaCruz, Luis Soto, Kerry Su, Brian Temple, Mattison Touzeau, Lilian Umetiti, David Wood and Kevin Zeligson.
To be named an AP Scholar with Honor, students must receive 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. AP Scholars with Honor recognized were Arjun Abraham, Deborah Alabi, Gabriel Andrade, Aion Ashby, Catherine Brown, Samantha Dinio, Aishwarya Kanagala, Julia Lawrence, Jordan C. Lewis, Emily McCluskey, Katherine Meyerson, Melanie Pacheco, Ciara Racanelli, Lauren Rossman, William Schulmeister, Ruth Simon, Daniela Vargas, Cianna Weary and Meghan White.
To be named an AP Scholar with Distinction, students must receive 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. AP Scholars with Distinction recognized were David Adelsohn, Sophia Adelson, Alanur Akarsu, Jorge Alca, Divya Anand, Sah Awundaga, Austin Bartola, Niara Boykin, Elijah Chilton, Abraham Dada, Emily De Jong, Alexander Edelstein, Mariel Rose Go, Samuel Kaplan, Anthony King, Abigail Klausner, Derek Lim, Bryce Millington, Ali Mirza, Julianne Newman, Ivana Onubogu, Janiya Peters, Sara Petrie, Breanna Richards, Shaurya Sanghvi, Anusha Sivendra, Peyton Smith, Njeri Sparman, Acacia Tam, Ezekiel Timen and Carolyn Yip.
West Orange High School gives Outstanding Academic Performance recognition to students who receive scores of 5 on one or more AP exams. These students are Sophia Adelson for calculus; Alanur Akarsu for U.S. government & politics; Erik Akerblom for calculus; Deborah Alabi for psychology; Blair Allen for psychology; Alisson Amador Ponce for Spanish language; Divya Anand for biology, English literature and statistics; Miya Asobo for psychology; Sah Awundaga for psychology; Austin Bartola for calculus, English literature, U.S. government & politics, and world history; Selam Bellete for calculus and English language; Josette Blenman for psychology; Niara Boykin for English literature; Catherine Brown for world history; Elika Burton for studio art; Ricardo Carias for Spanish language; Elijah Chilton for psychology; Alexander Choy for world history; Santiago Da Silva for Spanish language; Abraham Dada for calculus and psychology; Isabella DeFranceschi for psychology; Jessica Diaz for Spanish language; Adair Duarte for Spanish language; Alexander Edelstein for biology; Daniel Feinblatt for statistics; Cameron Gart for U.S. history; Alexandra Glasgow for English language; Mariel Rose Go for calculus, psychology and studio art; Julian Gorring for calculus; Kelly Gouin Dominguez for Spanish literature; Alexander Hauser for biology; Logan Henley for music; Jacquelynne Idowu for psychology; Rhode Jeanniton for Spanish language; Aishwarya Kanagala for calculus; Samuel Kaplan for English literature, U.S. government & politics, and world history; Anthony King for biology; Jalisa King for music; Abigail Klausner for music; Sara Laine for U.S. government & politics; Julia Lawrence for English literature, statistics and U.S. history; Derek Lim for biology, statistics and world history; Mariana Lopez Orrico for Spanish language; Anthony Marquez for Spanish language; Nicole McKenzie for psychology; Robert Meaux for calculus; Katherine Meyerson for English language; Bryce Millington for psychology; Ali Mirza for psychology; Kefi Mutume for psychology; Julianne Newman for biology, English literature and statistics; Ivana Onubogu for English literature; Janiya Peters for U.S. government & politics; Sara Petrie for psychology; Giselle Pineda for Spanish language; Siena Pizzano for psychology; Peter Powell for English language; Noor Qureshi for U.S. history; Ciara Racanelli for world history; Sophia Raines for U.S. history; Breanna Richards for calculus; Andres Ruiz Grijalva for Spanish language; Shaurya Sanghvi for psychology and world history; Ruth Simon for world history; Anusha Sivendra for world history; Luis Soto for music; Njeri Sparman for psychology; Marisa Tamay for Spanish language; Brian Temple for calculus; Ezekiel Timen for English literature and world history; Daniela Vargas for Italian language; Stefany Vigo for psychology; Meghan White for English language; Carolyn Yip for calculus and psychology; Kevin Zeligson for calculus; and Kevin Zheng for Chinese language.
Students in the United States who receive an average grade of at least 4 on all AP exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams are named National AP Scholars. National AP Scholars recognized at WOHS were Austin Bartola, Abraham Dada, Mariel Rose Go, Samuel Kaplan and Derek Lim.
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