Portland, Deering Students Named AP Scholars
The College Board has recognized 24 students and recent graduates from the Portland Public Schools for their outstanding achievement on Advanced Placement (AP) exams last May.
The Advanced Placement program offers college-level courses for high school students. AP exams are graded on a five-point scale.
Fiona Wilson, the 2007 valedictorian at Portland High School, was named an AP Scholar with Distinction for receiving an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams.
Twenty-three students from Portland and Deering high schools were named AP Scholars for earning an average grade of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams taken in May.
The AP Scholars from Deering are: Gavin Beirne, Jessica Hedrich, Anthony Loring, John Moore, John Neidig, Kevin Pedro, Karin Skalina, Adam Sleeper, Emily Walker, Jonathan Witt and Eliza Wood.
The AP Scholars from Portland High are: Gavin Bauer, David Bruenjes, Ryan Carmichael, Samuel Cory, Crystal Cron, Rachel Heasly, Priscilla Knox, Bly Lauritano-Werner, Aaron Peisner, Cezar Postolache, Nathaniel Walden and Adrian Williamson.
Nationwide, about 18 percent of the more than 14 million high school students who took AP exams earned recognition as AP Scholars.
