A total of 21 seniors from Oyster Bay High School have been recognized as AP Scholars based on their performance on the Advanced Placement exams, with varying levels of distinction.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 22 percent of the 2.2 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP exams: The AP Scholar Award is presented to students who have scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams; the AP Scholar with Honor Award is presented to students who have an average score of 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams; the AP Scholar with Distinction Award is presented to students who have an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
The AP Scholars from the current senior class are: Olivia Ballone, Christopher Canadeo, Sonja Drabin, Nicole Hauser, Kyle Hayes, Harrison Hertlein, Devin Losee, Nathalie Mejia, Paul Ortuno, Josephine Pinnock and Andreas Tsoumpariotis.
Four seniors earned AP Scholar with Honor Awards: Jonathan Canadeo, Ryan Hauser, Ryan Humbert and Rachel Wesley.
Canadeo is a member of the Wind Ensemble, golf team and the football chain gang. He plans to study marketing at college.
Ryan Hauser plays varsity football, lacrosse and wrestling. He is a member of the Honor Society and plans to study bio-medical engineering at college.
Humbert plays with the OBHS Wind Ensemble and is on the soccer and baseball teams. He plans on pursuing a career in finance.
Wesley participates in soccer, winter and spring track. She is also a member of the Student Athletic Leadership Program (SALP) and in several honor societies including Tri-M, Foreign Language, Science and the National Honor Society. She plans on studying engineering at college.
Six students earned AP Scholar with Distinction Awards: Cassidy Archdeacon, Linda Cameron, Jared Hirsch, John (JT) Jaronczyk, Ryan Maloney and Paul Vomvas.
Archdeacon is a member of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad and is active in the Interact Club and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). She plans to study media, marketing, advertising and design at college.
Cameron is a Cross Country Athlete of the Month and a member of the winter and spring track teams. She is involved with the Robotics Club, the OBHS Wind Ensemble and is a member of the SALP, the Science Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society. She hopes to pursue a career in engineering.
Hirsch plans on being a political science major with an eye on eventually going to law school. He was the president of class three years in a row, a member of the Mock Trial team and even started his own club called “Pizza and Politics.”
Jaronczyk competes in football, winter track and lacrosse. He plays saxophone in the OBHS Wind Ensemble and is a member of the Spring Musical Pit Orchestra, SADD, the Science Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society.
Maloney is a member of the Mock Trial Team and plays in the Jazz Band and the Spring Musical Pit Orchestra. He runs cross country and is a member of the Golf Team. At college, Maloney plans to enroll in the pre-med program.
Vomvas has the impressive distinction of having the highest average score of all the seniors in AP Exams with 4.40. He runs cross country, winter track and plays varsity lacrosse. He is a member of the Mock Trial Team and plans on studying bio-engineering at college.
Through 34 different college-level courses and exams, students have the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admission process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP Exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions.
