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AP Scholar Awards Go
To 65 Students
Awards are given in recognition
of exceptional achievement on AP
Exams
Sixty-five sophomores, juniors, and seniors earned AP
Scholar Awards this fall in recognition of their exceptional
achievement on AP examinations last year.
According to the College Board, only 18% of the 1.6
million students worldwide who took AP exams last year performed
at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar
Award. By comparison, approximately 40% of the students at
Episcopal who sat for AP exams last year earned an AP Scholar
Award.
Five students received the National AP Scholar Award by
earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a five-point scale
on all AP exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or
more of these exams. These students were Alexander Lee ’08,
Mark Nakahara ’08, Francis Nassau ’08, Anna Stein ’08, and
Paul Vithayathil ’08.
Twenty-four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction
Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on
all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more
of these exams. These students are Jack Archer ’08, Christopher
Ballard ’08, Timothy Carson ’08, Christine Chen ’09,
Eric Cross ’09, Kevin DiSilvestro ’08, J. Truett Dwyer ’08,
Emmaline Imbriglia ’08, Robert Jones ’08, Alexander Lee ’08,
Elizabeth Libson ’08, Jack McCallum ’08, Mark Nakahara
’08, Francis Nassau ’08, Julianna Rodin ’09, Hannah Sayen
’08, Blake Shafer ’08, Hallie Snyder ’09, Anna Stein ’08, Anna
Strong ’09, Justin Torosian ’08, Paul Vithayathil ’08, Michael
Whalen, and Julia Williams ’08.
Fifteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor
Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all
AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more
of these exams. These students are: Elaine Barton ’09, Kelly
Burke ’08, Gordon Buzby ’08, Hailey Cohen ’09, Clemens
Cox ’09, Stephen Faulkner ’09, Erin Flynn ’09, Sydney Grims
’09, Isha Gulati ’09, Alexandra Hahn ’09, Caroline Hanamirian
’09, Hannah LaPalombara ’09, Zoe LaPalombara ’09,
Loren Mead ’08, and William Yarbrough ’08.
Twenty-six students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by
completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher.
The AP Scholars are Victoria Baena ’09, Jon Cohen ’08,
Elliot Faust ’08, Stavros Floratos ’08, Katharine Gadsden ’09,
Emily Halpern ’08, Gregory Hillyard ’08, Katharine Ivory ’09,
Kimberly Kirkpatrick ’08, Abigail Kloppenburg ’09, Christopher
Lake ’09, Brendan Lawrence ’08, Robert Margolis ’09,
Margaret McCarthy ’08, Alexa Narzikul ’08, James Park ’08,
Matthew Paterno ’09, Jasmine Pope ’09, Caroline Pratt ’09,
Emily Sax ’09, Megan Spagnola ’09, Jennifer Suspenski ’08,
Anna Swanson ’08, James Underwood ’09, Stephanie Van
Decker ’09, and Alexandra van Arkel ’08.
GYLI in New Mexico. (l to r) Juniors Taylor Platt, Lily Austin, Michelle
Chung, Allen Heggs, Chuck Panarese, and faculty advisor Jennifer
Maier.
GYLI Program Continues
With Trips to New
Mexico and Connecticut
Students travel across the country to
hone leadership skills
Now in its second year under the tutelage of cocoordinators
Angela Miklavcic (Upper School
science) and Justin Brandon (Upper School history
and Form Dean), a number of Episcopal
students took part in the Global Youth Leadership Initiative
again this past summer.
The Global Youth Leadership Institute Program (GYLI) is
a national program for students and teachers to meet peers
from all over the country and learn from one another about
leadership, the environment, religious pluralism, mindfulness,
and diversity. The program is a three-year commitment from
students and faculty, with the workshops taking place during
the summer before each participant’s sophomore, junior, and
senior years respectively. The first- year workshop is conducted
through a sailing program, the second-year takes place at
the Lama Foundation in New Mexico and focuses on learning
and working without modern amenities, and the third and final
year takes place in Costa Rica at Earth University, where
students work with local farmers.
This summer’s New Mexico group (all current juniors),
chaperoned by faculty advisors Jennifer Maier (Upper School
English) and Jennifer Slike (Director of Annual Giving), included
Allen Heggs, Taylor Platt, Charles Panarese, Michelle
Chung, Lily Austin, Andrew DeSimone, Steve Carroll, Stephanie
Bernabei, Anayis Melikian, Samantha Field, and Evan
Marks.
The Mystic, CT group (all current sophomores), chaperoned
by Dan Clay (Upper School theater), included Cameron
Maple, Angira Pickens, Chris Paterno, Mike Jahnle, Monique
McKenny, Eliza Strong, and Elizabeth Picciani.
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