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West Orange High School AP Awards Recognize Outstanding Academic Achievement

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The annual AP Awards ceremony was held virtually on May 18 and recognized outstanding academic achievement by the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021.

Students were recognized based on the following criteria in the various advanced placement categories.

1. Outstanding Academic Performance: recognizes students who received scores of 5 in one or more AP exams. (West Orange High School created this recognition.)

2. AP Scholar: granted to students who received grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. 43

3. AP Scholar with Honors: granted to students who received an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more exams.

4. AP Scholar with Distinction: granted to students who received an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams and grades of 3 or higher on 4 or more exams.

View the AP Awards Recognition Ceremony and the list of students below.

Outstanding Academic Performance

Lorelle Adames	Michelle Becerra	Senay Dani	Riya Goel
Ebunjesutomi Adegbite	Karan Belday	Matthew DeFranceschi	Keren Gouin Dominguez
Mariela Alvarez	Tate Bennett	Rian DeVera	Erica Guallpa
Najely Alvarez	Soham Bhatnagar	Maxwell Dent	Alexandra Guevara
Gita Anand	Kiana Bouyer	ShannonNicole Dinio	Owen Hagstrom
Devin Andrada	Victoria Bratsos	Ruth Donagher	Gustav Hall
Brandon Andrade	Issa Bronson Boddie	Elizabeth Duarte	Carlos Herbozo Osco
Emily Ardon	Simone Byun	Jackson Edwards	Jasper Hilliard
Ferlin Arevalo	Lizbeth Cartagena	Damilare Femi Akanbi	Connor Hinfey
Nneka Arinzeh	Valentin Chindea	Anika Fernandes	Kevin Humala
Matthew Arizmendi	Erika Chiriboga Santacruz	Dylan Ferreira	Jennea Jeter
Grace Attia	Isabelle Cohen	Andrew Gart	Cassidy Joyce
Ashley Azana	Jasmine Cooper	Julia Giovine	Alexandra Kicior
Emily Baker	Jessica D’Arienzo	Paul Godinez	Jacob Klausner

Tracy Kwok	Imani Miller	Yessenia Orcon Vasquez	Kayla Sanchez	Justin Vera
Vanassa LaFleur	Olivia Miller	Karin Palomino	Kaya Schultz	Hayda Vural
Carolina LaTorre	Johanna Mizhquiri Lliguicota	Valentina Pappano	Kristin Scott	Grace Wenzel
Lindsay Levine	Yara Mohamed	Noemi Pare	Karen Silva Herrera	Maria Winning
Stanley Lim	Christopher Mongelli	Brunella Paredes	Bryan Singer	Brett Zeligson
Lucio Maffei	Celia Murphy Braunstein	Elisabeth Perlman	Arthi Sivendra
Nathan Mairo	Rose Murphy Braunstein	Tiffany Ramnarine	Kiley Smith
Cynthia Makachi	Joseph Nalieth	Musab Rasheed	Veena Steaphen
Salam Makhdoom	Ayush Narain	Meghan Reilly	Emma Svetvilas
Godwins Makoule	Kevin Ng	Emma Renwick	Katerin Tamay
Cielo Martel Cardenas	Ogechi Nwobu	Dylan Retino	Meghan Titus
Noah Martin	Aidan O’Gorman	Gabriel Reyna	Maya Tobin
Massimo McCormick	Madison Oliver	Samantha Rhew	Salome Valencia
Chloe Mengden	Kofi Opoku Agyeman	Elizabeth Rivera	Ramone Vargas Eugene

AP Scholar

Grace Attia	Jennea Jeter	Mellany Smith
Kaia Baker	Nooha Kawsar	Ismail Taylor-Kamara
Michelle Becerra	Alexander Levin	Meghan Titus
Olivia Callender	Massimo McCormick	Ramone Vargas Eugene
Milton Dauber	Kofi Opoku-Agyeman	Justin Vera
Matthew DeFranceschi	Anabel Pierre	Anayelli Vigo
Rian DeVera	Melani Rodriguez	Maria Winning
Riya Goel	Sophia Scholz
Ashlea Hume	Bryan Singer

AP Scholar with Honor

Joaquin Acuna	Senay Dani	Celia Murphy Braunstein
Isabella Angeles	Damilare Femi-Akanbi	Joseph Nalieth
Victoria Benaroya	Tricia Garchitorena	Amy Reznik
Kiana Bouyer	Julia Giovine	Kiley Smith
Yamilee Chavez	Melanie Maciejak

AP Scholar with Distinction

Gita Anand	Keren Gouin Dominguez	Yedidia Mesfin
Devin Andrada	Gustav Hall	Imani Miller
Brandon Andrade	Carlos Herbozo Osco	Kevin Ng
Emily Baker	Cassidy Joyce	Ogechi Nwobu
Karan Belday	Alexandra Kicior	Karin Palomino
Issa Bronson-Boddie	Jacob Klausner	Isabella Pappano
Simone Byun	Vanassa Lafleur	Gabriel Reyna
Ruth Donagher	Stanley Lim	Samantha Rhew
Jackson Edwards	Lucio Maffei	Shrey Sanghvi
Anika Fernandes	Cynthia Makachi	Arthi Sivendra
Andrew Gart	Salam Makhdoom	Maya Tobin
Paul Godinez	Chloe Mengden	Brett Zeligson

Cynthia Cumming
June 14, 2021