132 Hicksville Students Named AP Scholars

The Hicksville Public School District is proud to announce that 132 students at Hicksville High School have earned the designation of Advanced Placement Scholar from the College Board due to their outstanding achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement exams.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on a student’s performance on AP exams. Seven students were named National AP Scholars, 42 students were named AP Scholars with Distinction, 16 students were named AP Scholars with Honors, and 67 were designated as AP Scholars.

National AP Scholars

David Adames, Andy Chen, Nabil Chowdhury, Olias Christie, Robert Fellows, Danielle Grey-Stewart and Sailesh Srinivas qualified for the National AP Scholar award by each earning an average score of 4 or higher on eight or more AP exams. This is the highest honor an AP Scholar can earn.

AP Scholars with Distinction

Forty-two students received AP Scholar with Distinction awards 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 Maram Abdelhamid, David Adames, Adithya Ajith, Elizabeth Antinora, Neeloy Bose, Awaiss But, Andy Chen, Nabil Chowdhury, Olias Christie, Aamir Dave, Leanne Demling, Robert Fellows, Jeevan George, Jorge Gomez, Danielle Grey-Stewart, Caroline Hoang, Johnson Jang, Jaskirat Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Stephen Ketelsen, Neil Khilwani, Erin Krieger, Navneet Lingala, Sonali Malhotra, Shana Mathew, Nolan Mingst, Salaiha Mughai, Fatemah Mukadem, Hersh Nagnal, Amina Nasari, Krish Patel, Monit Patel, Alexander Pierce, Priyansh Raval, Amber Sanchez, Sailesh Srinivas, Daniel Sullivan, Mark Sullivan, Jakub Tarlowski, Sristi Tyagi, Gabriela Vidad and Christina Zhab.

AP Scholars with Honor

Sixteen 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. Adil Ansari, Devashish Basnet, Michael Buckley, Harrison Chan, Medjie Chery, Richard Faria, Dakota Filigenzi, Cecilia Funk, Avik Gomes, Jonathan Kinnaman, Tasmia Majid, Stephanie Minutillo, Ohm Patel, Asghar Shah, Bhargawi Vutukuri and Ryan Willet all achieved this distinction.

AP Scholars

Sixty-seven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by receiving scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. These students are Alina Abraham, Alvin Abraham, Jonathan Accatino, Jarif Ahmed, Faima Ali, Harleen Anand, Zainab Ansari, Olivia Blankson, Jasdeep Braich, Jake Britton, Arsal Butt, Gianella Cabrera, Gianna Camacho, Serena Chan, Catherine Chen, Cindy Cheng, Kate Cimino, Jack Colasanti, Snehadri Das, Mohammad Fares, Erica Farsang, Rishi Gupta, Kelly Herder, Syed Hoque, Mohammad Humayun, Ammber Hussaini, David Huynh, Gurjot Kaur, Hamoor Kaur, Irfaan Khan, Sabri Khanyousafzai, Colleen Kingsepp, Jacob Kinnaman, Michael Lewkowicz, Maron Li, Nicole Lobo, Saim Mahmood, Rhea Manjrekar, Anya Marquardt, Searra Mascaro, Ayanna Nelson, Gabriela Niculescu, Anjali Patel, Austin Reed, Sukaina Rizvi, Adam Sanfilippo, Anthony Sangiovanni, Nicole Scalamandre, Christian Sekosan, Dillon Shaw, Barzeen Siddiquee, Justin Simon, Kyle Singh, Teghpal Singh, Storm Strongin, Steffy Thomas, Sarah Tsang, Alexis Tuvilla, Daniel Varghese, Geovany Vera, Fatima Warda, Justin Weiss, Breanna Wigdzinski, Alexander Wiseman, Terence Wong, Jason Yang and Lillian Zheng.

Story, Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools: Hicksville High School Principal Ray Williams and Chairperson for Guidance Effie Rafaelides with current students who were named AP Scholars.