College Board has named a total of 46 AP Scholars from Kingswood Oxford in West Hartford.

Kingswood Oxford Alumni Hall. Photo courtesy of Kingswood Oxford

Submitted by Jackie Pisani, Kingswood Oxford School

The College Board has announced that 46 KO students have been named AP Scholars for 2016, based on their exceptional achievement on the Advanced Placement exams they took in May 2016.

The group included two National AP Scholars, Ahmad Chughtai ’16 of Farmington (now a freshman at Trinity College) and Benjamin Waldman ’16 of West Hartford (now a freshman at Yale University).

KO also had 14 AP Scholars with Distinction; 15 AP Scholars with Honor; and 17 AP Scholars. The average exam score for KO’s AP Scholars was 4.10.

The following students in West Hartford were honored:

Benjamin Waldman ‘16, West Hartford, National AP Scholar

Carolyn McCusker ‘17, West Hartford, AP Scholar with Distinction

Gabriel Wolman ‘16, West Hartford, AP Scholar with Distinction

Eoghan Coyle ‘16, West Hartford, AP Scholar with Honor

Jack Zeligson ‘16 West Hartford, AP Scholar with Honor

Michael Hains ‘16 West Hartford, AP Scholar

Andrew Lemkuil ‘16 West Hartford, AP Scholar

Noah Stanton ‘17, West Hartford, AP Scholar

Gabriela Sullo ‘16, West Hartford, AP Scholar

According to The College Board, the AP Scholar designations are defined as the following:

• National AP Scholar (students who receive an average of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams);
• AP Scholar with Distinction (students who receive an average of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams);
• AP Scholar with Honor (students who receive an average of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and 3 or higher on four or more of these exams); and
• AP Scholar (students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams)

The preeminent independent co-ed day school in Greater Hartford, Kingswood Oxford School is located just steps from Blue Back Square and West Hartford Center. Its 508 students come from 62 towns in CT and western MA as well as China and South Korea.