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Largest number of DVHS students named AP Scholars in school history

| 19 Sep 2012 | 02:08
    Pictured: Delaware Valley AP Scholars (current seniors) first row from left: Jay Tucker, DV Counseling Department Chairperson and Ronald Collins, DV High School Principal. Second row: Jessie Wagenhoffer, Paige Sehring, Maranda Zinn, Morgan Mallon, Katie Krause, Reena Mia, Claudia Alvarez, Jamie McKeon, Samantha Buldo, Anna Cutaia, Julie Perosi, Ramonda Giddings, Annmarie Mullen, Danielle Misiaszek. Third row: Anthony Kivler, Zachary Philpot, KristenHupfer, YakiraMirabito, Audrey Djiya, Allison Cerisano, Kristina Zekic, Erin Corry, Nicole McTernan, Zoe Workstel, Amanda Tomik, Emily Belsterling, Adriana Ellison, Kaitlin Corson, Zachary Smickle. Fourth row: Austin Rufano, Dustin DeVilliers, Adrian Zebrowski, Dominique Marcial, Courtney Krauss, Kate Hammond, Emily McKinney, Jonathan Caglianone, Drew Nielsen, John Arnita, Daniel Favaro, Joshua Edelman, Wyatt Karch, Jesse Muniz, Mathew Protsko, Tyler Master. Fifth row: Tyler Mutzek, Lance Larsen, DimitriHrissohoidis, Richard Selneck, Alexander Testino, Victor Naturale, Dylan Brown, John Fagan, GianGelormino, Nicholas McIntyre, Luke Reno, Dominic Montemarano, Christian Chelak, Robert Crawford, Luke Riexinger, Daniel Kurtzman. AP Scholars who were members of the “Class of 2012” are not shown due to the fact they have already matriculated to college when the College Board released the award announcement. Current seniors missing: Martin Strenk, Carla Centanni, Cody Exposito, Mario Marroquin and David Sahagian.
    Pictured: Delaware Valley AP Scholars (current seniors) first row from left: Jay Tucker, DV Counseling Department Chairperson and Ronald Collins, DV High School Principal. Second row: Jessie Wagenhoffer, Paige Sehring, Maranda Zinn, Morgan Mallon, Katie Krause, Reena Mia, Claudia Alvarez, Jamie McKeon, Samantha Buldo, Anna Cutaia, Julie Perosi, Ramonda Giddings, Annmarie Mullen, Danielle Misiaszek. Third row: Anthony Kivler, Zachary Philpot, KristenHupfer, YakiraMirabito, Audrey Djiya, Allison Cerisano, Kristina Zekic, Erin Corry, Nicole McTernan, Zoe Workstel, Amanda Tomik, Emily Belsterling, Adriana Ellison, Kaitlin Corson, Zachary Smickle. Fourth row: Austin Rufano, Dustin DeVilliers, Adrian Zebrowski, Dominique Marcial, Courtney Krauss, Kate Hammond, Emily McKinney, Jonathan Caglianone, Drew Nielsen, John Arnita, Daniel Favaro, Joshua Edelman, Wyatt Karch, Jesse Muniz, Mathew Protsko, Tyler Master. Fifth row: Tyler Mutzek, Lance Larsen, DimitriHrissohoidis, Richard Selneck, Alexander Testino, Victor Naturale, Dylan Brown, John Fagan, GianGelormino, Nicholas McIntyre, Luke Reno, Dominic Montemarano, Christian Chelak, Robert Crawford, Luke Riexinger, Daniel Kurtzman. AP Scholars who were members of the “Class of 2012” are not shown due to the fact they have already matriculated to college when the College Board released the award announcement. Current seniors missing: Martin Strenk, Carla Centanni, Cody Exposito, Mario Marroquin and David Sahagian.

MILFORD — Breaking the school record, 126 students in the Delaware Valley High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.
Jay Tucker, Counseling Department Chairperson in the Delaware Valley School District, who helps oversee the AP program, reported this is the largest number of AP Scholars ever recognized in one year in the Delaware Valley High School. This represents an increase of 30 percent from the previous year and a 70 percent increase over the past two years. It also places them as one of Pennsylvania’s top high schools in developing AP Scholars.
According to Tucker, the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school. Students can receive college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.
Students took AP Exams in May 2012 after completing challenging college-level courses at the Delaware Valley High School. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of courses each student takes and the grade they receive.
Thirty-three students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more exams. These students are: Lily Adams, Matthew Bello, Aaron Brown, Deanna Brown, Mary-Kate Burns, Allison Cerisano, Christian Chelak, Tyler Collins, Andrew Corry, Michael DeGiorgis, Aoife Dowd, Tori France, Ramonda Giddings, Lauren Grady, Dimitri Hrissohoidis, Jacob Kovarskiy, Breanna Lojo, Alyssa Loveall, Michael Moffa, Hunter Molnar, Christopher Moraski, Victor Naturale, Hunter Newman, Tracey Oellerich, Zachary Philpot, Frances Ryder, Joshua Smith, Matthew Stewart, Toniann Territola, Matthew Tidridge, Matthew White, Kristina Zekic and Maura Zimmerman.
Thirty Three students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least a 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more exams. These students are: John Arnita, Shannon Baird, Jonathan Caglianone, Kelly Cappello, Erin Corry, Robert Crawford, Christina Decola, Dustin DeVilliers, Rick DiAgostino, Audrey Djiya, Joshua Edelman, John Fagan, Daniel Favaro, Alyssa Ganczewski, Gian Gelormino, Trevor Hurley, Wyatt Karch, Lance Larsen, Morganne Mallon, Dominique Marcial, Tyler Masker, Nicholas McIntyre, Nicole McTernan, Amy Merrill, Danielle Misiaszek, Annmarie Mullen, Drew Nielsen, Luke Riexinger, Martin Strenk, Alexander Testino, Amanda Tomik, Robert Vargas and Evan Wagner.
Sixty students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are: Claudia Alvarez, Brandon Angradi, Christine Baram, Sabiha Bary, Emily Belsterling, Kyrsten Brockmann, Dylan Brown, Samantha Buldo, Carla Centanni, Yubin Choi, Jonathan Connelly, Alexandra Connolly, Kaitlin Corson, Anna Cutaia, Eric Decker, Candice Delgardio, Amy Dewland, Adrianna Ellison, Cody Esposito, Kathleen Forichon, Kate Hammond, Erin Hartmann, James Herzog, Joseph Hunt, Kristen Hupfer, Amanda Hutchison, Estrella Irizarry, Anthony Kivler, Katherine Koenig, Katherine Krause, Courtney Krauss, Daniel Kurtzman, Rebecca Leighty, Mario Marroquin, Natalia Marroquin, Jamie McKeon, Emily McKinney, Reena Mia, Yakira Mirabito, Dominic Montemarano, Jesse Muniz, Tyler Mutzek, Faith Parkhurst, Julie Perosi, Matthew Protsko, Luke Reno, Anthony Reyes, Austin Rufano, Ronald Ryder, David Sahagian, Maura Schaffer, Paige Sehring, Richard Selneck, Zachary Smickle, Amanda Stieb, Jessie Wagenhoffer, Ann Walsh, Zoe Workstel, Adrian Zebrowski and Miranda Zinn.
In addition to being named one of the 126 DV student AP Scholars, two students also qualified for the prestigious National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5 point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Only the top half of 1 percent of the AP students in the country earn this award. This year’s Delaware Valley High School National AP Scholars are Tyler Collins and Matthew White.