Trustees Honor Advanced Placement Award Recipients

Nearly three dozen Huntington High School students were recognized at this week’s public meeting of the Huntington School Board for earning high scores on Advanced Placement exams last spring.

Huntington students challenged themselves by taking Advanced Placement courses and tests in an assortment of academic subject areas. In all, Huntington students sat for 748 exams last spring according to Superintendent Christian Bowen.

Participation in Advanced Placement courses continues to grow as school and district officials promote the classes and encourage all students to consider enrolling in one or more.

Principal Brenden Cusack and Director of Guidance Jeannette Alomia gave trustees, administrators and residents attending this week’s meeting an overview of the AP program at Huntington High School and the ongoing effort to get students to challenge themselves.

Trustees presented the honorees with handsome certificates. The group included:

AP Scholar Award: Kayleigh Bender, Ashton Davies, Lily Froggatt Bale, Thomas Girimonti, Stacy Guevara, Marley Joseph, Sam McGloin, Ruby Meideman, Riley Murtagh, Brooke Parks, Reese Rinaldi, Hannah Song, Lucas Spagnoletti and Kaylee Splendorio

AP Scholar with Honor: William Berry, Landry Flynn, Lars Galvin, Aidan Geller, Jada Joseph, Samantha Koepele, Hillel Linker, Jannel Marroquin, Ella O’Heir, Olivia Polinsky, Jack Ruthkowski, Daniela Sere-Contreras, Lily Tierney, Tyler Wheeler

AP Scholar with Distinction: Rylee Davis, Benjamin Edgar-McNerney, Charlotte Gordon, Shaina Linker, Mary Marinello and Jack Semelsberger

“The AP Scholar recognition from College Board denotes very high achievement on the part of our students over the course of multiple years,” Mr. Cusack said. “These accolades are not given lightly and the amount of work and dedication required to achieve at this level is truly impressive. These students honored by our Board of Education and central administration represent the very best in academic performance at Huntington High School. We are so proud of them and it was a pleasure to have them recognized.”

Huntington High School is able to boast of 106 AP honorees in all, including members of the departed Class of 2023. There were 48 AP Scholars, 22 AP Scholars with Honors, 35 AP Scholars with Distinction, two International Diplomas, eight AP Capstone Diplomas and three AP Seminar/Research certificates.

Officials at Huntington High School are currently looking at additional pathways to include more AP options for students earlier in high school to ensure they are afforded every opportunity to excel as soon as possible.