Fifty-nine students at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) examinations. Approximately 23 percent of America's graduating seniors have taken one or more AP examinations. Only 13 percent of the more than 700,000 students who took AP examinations in May 2001 performed at a sufficiently high level to merit such recognition.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on the number of year-long courses and exams, or their equivalent semester-long courses and exams.

At Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School:

Eighteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are: Neil Asnen, Margot Davis, Gregory Freedman, Matthew Glick, Kenneth Greenbaum, Stacey Kallem, Jonathan Katz, Matthew Kusher, Jayshree Mahtani, Matthew Misfud, Jessica Nysenbaum, Lindsay Pines, Stephanie Pritchard, Alan Salas, Jason Shatten, David Schwartz, Lauren Schweitzer and Jonathan Weinstein.

Fourteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are:James Battista, Meena Bhasin, Jesse Contovalilis, Adam Fried, Alexander Goldblatt, Allison Joe, Jameet Kalra, Justin Perzov, Jason Robinson, Benjamin Rodkin, Lee Seligmann, Javid Soriano, Rachel Weiss and Jared Wolfe.

Twenty-seven students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Examinations, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are:Brian Andrews, Suha Bady, Nina Bai, Lauren Becker, Sharon Bielik, Christopher Bozza, Jonathan Chang, Philip Ellenbogen, Eric Farkas, Adam Friedman, Steven Friedman, Aiyesha Ghani, Brian Hershkowitz, Jennifer Hinchy, Rachel Kelnbanoff, Jody Klein, Daniel Kramer, Gregory Krieg, William Kwok, Matthew Lischin, Michael Mills, Jared Moretti, Melissa Passman, Erica Schulman, Matan Setton, Tedhar Setton and Mandeep Virdi.

Of this year's award recipients, eight were juniors: Nina Bai, Jonathan Chang, Alexander Goldblatt, Stacey Kallem, Melissa Passman, Mattan Setton, Tedhar Setton, and Mandeep Virdi. These students have at least one more year in which to do college-level work, and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award.