HPHS earns 552 Advanced Placement Scholar Awards: 62 students recognized as National AP Scholars

483 Highland Park High School students have been recognized with 552 Advanced Placement Scholar Awards by the College Board for demonstrating outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on AP exams.

Of those, 62 students were recognized as National AP Scholars, an award granted to students who receive a 4 or higher on eight or more AP exams and an average score of 4 on all AP exams taken.

Congratulations to the following 2019 National AP Scholars:

	Class of 2019
Spencer Allan Jake M. Annett Madison E. Applewhite Allison K. Baker Spencer C. Borrego Madeline Brown Emma G. Brunk Jerry T. Chen Anna Chung Martin B. Crawford Peter B. Davies William W. Deng ManHang Feng Madison L. Galerston Catherine L. Geilich Benjamin N. Genender	Lucy K. Gruber Kenan Gursel Matthew L. Healy Danielle M. Helfer George H. Hempel Madeline Ingrum Jeffrey Jehng Thomas M. Jones Enayat P. Kapadia Claire M. Kemble Justin Liang Richard L. Luo Lily K. Marchetto Luke F. Martin James J. McGinley Marshall S. McIlyar Benjamin J. Olness	Deven D. Parmar Cameron M. Poe Erling P. Rolseth Sameed Sayeed Luke D. Simpton Calder Sinak Phillip W. Steinberg Marisa A. Tiscareno Trystan J. Uphoff Christine N. Van Kirk Reid P. Walker Henry H. Wang Jack N. Wheeler Angela X. Wu Michael W. Zhan Grace Zhao Raymond Zou

	Class of 2020
Peyton J. Dooley Benjamin G. Hayden Hope L. Jin Amy S. Li	Jennifer A. Mickel Stacy S. Wang Christian E. Wright Kevin Wu	Kristin Wu Jean Ye Elsa Zhang Alvin Zou

In addition, an astounding 217 students were recognized as AP Scholars with Distinction, a designation granted to students who score a 3 or higher on five or more AP exams with an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams taken.

87 more students were named AP Scholars with Honor, which recognizes students who have scored a 3 or higher on four or more AP exams and an average score of 3.25 on all AP exams taken. 178 students were also named AP Scholars, a recognition that is granted to students who scored a 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.

"With nearly 500 AP scholars this past year, I want to congratulate both students and teachers for this significant accomplishment," HPHS Principal Walter Kelly said. "These students have demonstrated the ability to successfully complete college-level coursework in multiple areas simultaneously, while they are high school students. The teachers have led this effort by finding developmentally appropriate ways to teach college material to high school students, which is evidence of skill and adaptability. Congratulations to both!"

The AP exams were administered in May 2019 to students in grades 9-12 who were enrolled across 32 different AP courses. HPHS students participated in approximately 2,764 course exams with the highest participation rates in English Language Compositions and English Literature Composition.

Success on an AP exam is defined as earning an exam score of 3 or higher, which represents the score point that research finds predictive for college success and college graduation. HPISD has an average AP score of 3.88 and has recognized 4,841 AP Scholar Awards since 2011.