Academics

AP Scholars Recognized

In the 2011-2012 school year, 191 St. Francis students took 302 Advanced Placement (AP) Exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) 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 18 percent of the more than 1.9 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. In order to qualify for any AP Scholar status, a student will have taken three or more AP Exams. Thirty six students at St. Francis de Sales High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.

Charles Filipiak (University of Notre Dame) and Joseph Yanos (University of Michigan) qualified for the highest honor of National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Seven students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning 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. These students are Charles Filipiak (University of Notre Dame), Ian Gerken (Ohio State University), Alex Getz (Ohio State University), Samuel Jagodzinski (University of Michigan), Matthew Kirian (Marquette University), Mitchell Wise (Ohio State University), and Joseph Yanos (University of Michigan).

Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning 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. These students are Alec Georgoff, senior, Joseph Gospodarek, senior, Tyler Halicek (Marquette University), Jonathan Hankenhof (University of Cincinnati), Mitchell Kuhlman (Ohio University), Daniel Lenart,senior, Austin McHugh (Ohio State University), Andrew Meinert (University of Dayton), Nathaniel Steingass (Ohio State University), and Zachary Vigneau, senior.

Twenty students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Tyler Agard (University of Toledo), Joseph Antonini (Loyola University Chicago), Jonathon Berardinelli (John Carroll University), Andrew Bodie (Marquette University), Will Cameron (John Carroll University), Joshua Cline (University of Toledo), Bryan DeSelms (University of Dayton), Kellen Dowling, senior, Patrick Evans, senior, Kelan Grohnke (University of Cincinnati), Alex Gunkel (University of Toledo), Andrew Husted, senior, Samuel Johnson (University of Toledo), Matthew Kubiak(University of Dayton), Hyun Lee(University of Kentucky), Michael McGowan (Ohio State University), James Smith, senior, Adam Spegele (Xavier University), Alexander Wisniewski (University of Toledo), and Peter Yeager, senior.