Ninety Tappan Zee High School students earned 2023 AP Scholar Awards for “outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP Exams” over the course of their high school careers!
“We are extremely proud of our students for challenging themselves by taking AP courses. The commitment to hard work by both our students and teachers is evident as we walk into these classrooms. I encourage all of our students to continue to explore the plethora of AP courses offered at Tappan Zee High School,” said Principal Melissa Luciano.
Twenty-five students earned AP Scholar With Distinction recognition for receiving an average score of at least 3.5 on all exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. The average score for TZHS students who earned the 2023 AP Scholar With Distinction designation was 4.24.
Twenty-three AP Scholars With Honor received an average score of at least 3.25 on all exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. The average score of TZHS students named 2023 AP Scholars with Honor was 3.76.
Forty-two students received scores of 3 or higher on three or more exams and were granted AP Scholar status. TZHS’ 2023 AP Scholars earned an average score of 3.49.
Congratulations to:
AP Scholars With Distinction: Shane Acheson. Liyana Astafa, Cate Doyle, Dakota Goldstein, Diego Gonzalez-Diuk, Dylan Handelman, Shayan Haque, Justin Johnson, Morimichi Kawasaki, Emma Lussen, Sean Ma, Hannah Mathew, Phillip Mathew, Julia McKenna, Roger Nam, Daniel O’Donnell, Caterina O’Keefe, Olivia Pennock, Michael Phelan, Livia Regina, Zachary Sabatini, Matthew Tobin, Fiona Treanor, Chris Vanderhoef and Rob Vanderhoef.
AP Scholars With Honor: Alexander Barsanti, Claire Berkowitz, Sean Berrigan, Ryan Cardona, Michaela Duggan, Lily Feinmesser, Catherine Gore, Thomas Gregory, Sophia Hovsepian, Meline Kalishian, Hunter Lipari, Dylan McCracken, Maryn McCracken, Alexandra McKiernan, Lauren McNamara, Lauren Michel, Noah Morley, James O’Flynn, Jake Preble, Ian Raines, Vivian Rodriguez, Autumn Scorcia and Oliana Terleph.
AP Scholars: Anastasia Albert, Caleb Alexandre, Max Alves, Steven Andrade, Ava Bourne, Liam Boyle, Cassidy Chang, Vivian Cho, Jake Ciorra, Molly Culot, Carol Daquilema, Sofia DeStefano, Matilyn Dixon, Owen Epstein, Coryn Exantus, Louis Fermaintt, Hela Giaever, Reilly Johnson, Aaron Kalotkin, Benjamin Kersting, Kierra Kim, Sia Laddis, Isabelle Lai, Regina Lee, Ailish MacDonnell, Cole Massaro, Clare McCormack, Jonathan McGwyne-Dantis, Jack McHugh, Miles Meltzer, Kate Miranda, Molly Rabinowitz, Charles Santoro, Brandon Slane, Kobi Steinberg, Brian Stolarski, Grace Temple, Tyler Tobin, Esther Tyler, Cassie Waitkus, Daniel Yoo and Oscar Zheng.
TZHS offers more than 20 AP courses, spanning art, computer science, English, history, math, sciences and world languages. For descriptions of AP course offerings, view the 2023-24 Curriculum Guide.
NOTE: The majority of 2023 AP Scholar Award recipients graduated in June. Those pictured include most, but not all, recipients currently attending TZHS.