ST SEBASTIAN’S

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School Announces Names of AP Scholars
Headmaster Bill Burke and Assistant Headmaster Mike
Nerbonne are proud to announce the names of students and
recent alumni who earned AP Scholar Awards from the College
Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Program. Roughly 18% of the
1.9 million students worldwide who took AP Exams at the end of
the 2011-12 school year performed at a sufficient level to earn this
recognition. The following students/alumni earned AP Scholar
Awards at the defined level:
National Scholar (scoring 4 or higher on at least 8 exams, with an avg. score of at least 4)
Kenneth Chen ’13, Peter DeMatteo ’13 (each has scored a 5 on eight exams)
Scholar with Distinction (scoring 3 or higher on at least 5 exams, with an avg. score of at least 3.5)
William Barnard ’12, Nikhil Basavappa ’13, Peter Cimini ’12, John Donovan ’12, Sean Frazzette ’12, John Gordon ’12, David Loughborough
’12, Terrence O’Connor ’12, Michael Petro ’13, Ryan Sanderson ’12, Christopher Stadtler ’12, Kevin Wolfe ’12
Scholar with Honor (scoring 3 or higher on at least 4 exams, with an avg. score of at least 3.25)
Matthew Angelico ’12, Aidan Balboni ’12, Patrick Ciapciak ’12, Joseph Dudley ’12, Julian Matra ’13, Christopher Nadeau ’12, Edward
O’Hara ’13
Scholar (scoring 3 or higher on at least 3 exams)
Matthew Abelson ’12, Michael Adams ’13, James Astrue ’12, Stephen Brown ’12, Brendan Burke ’12, Connor Chabot ’13, John Connolly
’12, Mark Cunningham ’12, Matthew Donovan ’13, Matthew Fachetti ’13, Matthew Fechtelkotter ’12, Michael Hoff ’13, Sorin Marinescu
’13, Kevin Martin ’12, Patrick McLaughlin ’12, Alexander Moore ’13, Kevin Patterson ’13, Christopher Riley ’13, Christopher Rodowicz ’13,
Ryan Schnoor ’13, Luke Scotten ’13, Benjamin Thai ’12, Thayer Wade ’13, Curtis Yandow ’12
National Merit Scholarship Program Recognizes Eleven Students
Headmaster Bill Burke and Assistant Headmaster Mike
Nerbonne are proud to announce the names of the eleven
students who have been recognized by the 2013 National Merit
Scholarship Program. Seven students have been named as
Commended Students and four have been named Semifinalists.
Only 50,000 out of 1.5 million students from across the
country who took the 2011 Preliminary SAT National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test are invited each year to participate in
the Program by placing in the top five percent. Of that number,
34,000 are recognized as Commended Students by receiving a
national Selection Index score of 201 or higher. In addition, 16,000
are named Semifinalists and are invited to further compete by
completing a more in-depth application.
National Merit Scholarship Commended Students
Michael Adams, Nikhil Basavappa, Kenneth Chen, Michael Haley,
Michael Hoff, Christopher Riley, Andrew Sullivan
Peter DeMatteo
Kevin Patterson
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist Students (pictured)
Peter DeMatteo, Kevin Patterson, Michael Petro, Thayer Wade
Michael Petro
Thayer Wade
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