A large group of high school students and recent graduates has received recognition from Advanced Placement for their high scores on last spring's AP exams.
Four students who graduated in May--Jessie Baskauf, Chandler Floyd, Eric Rosenthal, and Neil Zheng--received the highest honor, National AP Scholar. This designation is "granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams."
The other levels of recogntion are:
AP Scholar: Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams. Zoe Bauer, Arch Beasley, Kathleen Campbell, Kate Carpenter, Elizabeth Anne Cooper, Youssef Doss, Hope Eidam, Sam Fisher, Nicholas Gregory, Marco Gutierrez, Christian Hahnemann, McKenna Harrington, Joanna Harwood, Caroline Hollahan, Lucy Horell, Arden Igleheart, Megan Kasselberg, Devin Kellett, Colin Kolodziej, Dev Mehrotra, Lilly Middleton, Joe Noser, Paul Reich, Jessica Schreiber, Jeremy Seloff, Blair Webber, Annie Weimerskirch, Anwen Wilkerson, and Sarah Young.
AP Scholar with Honor: Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Michael Becker, Elise Blackburn, Connor Crenshaw, Kela Hall-Wieckert, Emaun Irani, Will Johnston, Ben Kuhn, Mackenzie Myers, Kellon Patey, Simpson Tanner, Ashtan Towles, Will Weinstein.
AP Scholar with Distinction: Granted to students who receive 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. Hannah Aaron, Jack Aylor, Jessie Baskauf, Hannah Bollen, Maurice Chiang, Esteban Chittester, Isabella Christianson Galina, Rebecca Clark, Douglas Corzine, Izzy Creavin, Emily Davis, Starina D'souza, Francesca Eluhu, Elena Escalas, Chandler Floyd, Lena Friedman, Robert Green, Dylan Groos, Jessica Hanks, Joshua Huang, Maggie Kidd, Nora Lee, Anya Li, Hop Mathews, Sam May, Kelly McHugh, Shaan Merchant, Alex Miller, Alden Neely, Eric Rosenthal, Arpan Sarkar, Thomas Shaw, Rebecca Sosman, Kate Stallings, Carson Thomas, Nishant Upender, Silas Wuerth, Alexandria Yu, Caroline Zhao, Neil Zheng.
The girls lacrosse team ended its season in overtime to become state runner-up. Tennis players Carter Kojetin '29 finished as a state quarterfinalist, Sophie Oliver '26 and Mary Kate Adler '28 finished as state semifinalists, and Veer Kodali '29 and Max Parker '29 finished as state champions. Meanwhile, eight runners competed at the state track and field meet in Knoxville, where Griffin Davidson '27, Caleb Freifeld '28, Drew Zwerner '28, and Jack Fruin '27, sprinted to first in the 4x800m relay and Jack also placed first in the 800m dash.
For the entire USN community: an invitation to give in gratitude, in celebration, and in honor of the woman who has given so much to our school. Make a gift at usn.org/giving to support students with needs beyond tuition and honor Interim Director Juliet Douglas.
The Middle School Quiz Bowl finished off another successful season with a trip to the Middle School National Championship Tournament in Chicago. The team fought hard and ended the season as a top-100 program in the country, finishing 75th overall. Congratulations to the team on a great performance and to Lucas Lupu ’31, named an All Star for being the fifth-highest scorer nationwide.
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