One hundred and ninety-nine students at the West Bend high schools have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides 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. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ who have demonstrated college-level achievement by taking AP courses and subsequently AP Exams.

Six East students qualified for the 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. These students are Raelee Ciriacks, Nicholas Gergetz, Jacob Kruepke, Zachary Kylar, Michael Smale and Julia Wiebe. Additionally, eight West students received this honor, they are: Thomas Bietsch, Virginia Briggs, Colin Buechel, Rebecca Graven, Caleb Jerred, Amanda Kasten, Kiera Matthews and Dane Mauland.

Twenty-five East students and 39 West 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. The East students are:  Paige Bintz, John Buehler, Samuel Chapman, Emmalee Ciriacks, Raelee Ciriacks, Adam Fordham, Adam Gergetz, Nicholas Gergetz, Courtney John, Jacob Kruepke, Zachary Kylar, Carter Lanser, Colten Lawson, Colin Ley, Ryan Lucka, Megan Ludke, Aaron Mindel, Margaret Moran, Derek Palecek, Mitchell Saari, Emma Sanborn, Michael Smale, Andrew Steiner, Julia Wiebe and Elizabeth Williams  West students are:  Cade Allcox, Noah Barnes, Thomas Bietsch, Virginia Briggs, Lindsey Brugger, Caitlin Brunner, Colin Buechel, Reiley Collins, Annika Engstrom, Alyssa Fleischman, Roman Frey, Danielle Gedemer, Rebecca Graven, Amelia Hansen, Nicole Henrich, Bryce Henschel, Kenneth Holbrook, Abigail Janto, Caleb Jerred, Alexis Johnson, Owen Kannenberg, Amanda Kasten, Jack Kehoe, Margaret Koehn, Rachel Kruepke, Amanda Ksioszk, Kiera Matthews, Dane Mauland, Rebekah Mc Cardell, Micayla Meyers, Zachary Meyers, Sarah Nelson, Timothy Pitz, David Rosene, Shannon Skidmore, Aimee Solheim, Matthew Stoll, Ian Syron and Emily Wagner.

Twenty-two East and 15 West 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. The East students are: Audrey Adelson, Lydia Albrecht, Austin Aliota, Jack Budvig, John Cameron, Nicholas Casper, Morgan Dommisse, Kayla Furlano, Nathan Genrich, James Griffin, Michele Haeberrlin, Ryan Henke, Ashley Kitzerow, Kimberly Kolb, Cayla Lepak, Addison McGhee, Jonah Meffert, Baily Myrick, Kimberly Salter, Owen Seidensticker, Megan Velez and Alexandria Zielinski. West students are: Leah Botting, Victoria Burns, Guinevere Casper, Kylie Engstrom, Ryan Hanrahan, Connor Hoppe, Maria Jasen, Emily Mayer, Elijah Mentch, Jessica Myers, Kyle Parks, Alexander Pickering, Michael Roemer, Faith Schmidt and Kayla Schneider.

Forty-eight East and 50 West students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars from East are: Isabelle Beckmann, Zachary Biermann, Alyssa Birkeland, Julia Brigowatz, Maxwell Brown, Desiree Caswell, Madeleine Craig, Hailee Dassow, Logan Dommisse, Lucas Dommisse, Matthew Fischer, Alexander Franke, Jordan Freehauf, Erica Gilhuber, Mary Greuel, Adam Gumm, Bailey Guth, Marguerite Hauch, Anna Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Savannah Kassin, Maggie Kieser, Alex Kopish, Brandi Kreger, Sydney Kylar, Jarod Meffert, Jackson Meils, Kaitlyn Meyers, Samuel Michels, Hannah Nehmer, Miranda Paikowski, Brandon Parkison , Matthew Pritzl, Jakob Ravn, Nicholas Reimer, Joseph Roth, Alysia Santamaria, Samuel Scherzer, Katelyn Schlicht, Ryan Schuppie, Lauren Sorensen, Lydia Spettel, Preston Sponholz, Mae Stepanski, Tabatha Trinkle, Karl Vachuska, Brittany Virchow and Jacob Yochem. The West students are: Marvin Bateman, Taylor Becker, Jacob Cass, Michael Cowie, Anna Duening, Ifeoluwa Ekunsanmi, Laurel Farina, Shane Flynn, Caitlin Gawlick, Parker Gawlick, Ashley Geenen, Jordan Gehrke, Brittany Greuel, Leah Gudex, Krystal Hakes, Nicole Heimark, Jessica  Heimke, Mackenzie Heinen, Bryce Hielsberg, Clara Hunt, Megan Kasik, Haley Kraft, Caroline Krebs, Olivia Krueger, Parker Lake, Shawana Landvatter, Andrew Lumsden, Lauren Matenaer, Tait Mauland, Michael McLaughlin, Michael Metz, Lily Miller, Tanner Miller, Rebecca Minz, Aaron Richter, Megan Rolf, Abigail Rychtik, Emory Salberg, Hannah Schmidt, Susan Schober, Elizabeth Schreiber, Quinn Skidmore, Rachel Vorderbruggen, Sarah Vorderbruggen, Andrew Voss, Amanda Wanie, Holly Wergin, Ryan Westenberger, Tamika Wiesner and Michelle Zancanaro.

Of this year’s award recipients at East, 13 are sophomores, as well as, 13 at West. These students have two more years in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award. Thirty-four percent of East test takers earned a scholar notation, and 35 percent of the West students were given scholar standing.  Seventy–six percent of the East students and 72 percent of the West students who took an AP exam achieved a 3 or better.  The National AP pass rate is 61 percent.

Through 34 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admission process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP Exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,800 colleges and universities annually receive AP scores. Most four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying exam scores. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and have higher college graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.