20 Prairie students earn AP Scholar awards

Twenty students at Prairie School have earned AP Scholar awards in recognition of their  achievement on AP exams.

    The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program gives students the opportunity to take college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both. The board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance.

At Prairie School,  one student, Yijing Xin, qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5. These students are Hasan Bader, Tatiana Barry, Sarah Danielson and Yijing Xin.

Five students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at least 3.25: These students are Matthew Adamczyk, Fiona Lochtefeld, David Sanchez, Nikhil Sethi and William Cody Spencer.

Eleven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with scores of 3 or higher. They are Hannah Brown, Patrick Cornelius, Akhil Jayaprakash, Meredith Johnson, Olivia Main, Margaret Mawn, Gretchen Neubauer, Anastasia Rab, Daniel Ringwalt, Alice Tollaksen and Meghan Wallner.