Peak to Peak Charter School

(LAFAYETTE) – Sixty-two Peak to Peak High School students have qualified for AP Scholar distinctions, based on the 2007 AP Exams taken last spring. Nine Peak to Peak high school students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are Bernadette Hsu (senior, Broomfield), Lauren Kelley (’07 graduate, Boulder), Yan Li (’07 graduate, Erie), Michael Lind (’07 graduate, Louisville), Ben Morin (’07 graduate, Broomfield), Tim Nguyen (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Nathan Otey (senior, Louisville), Sarah Rumbley (senior, Lafayette), and Margaret Weingart (senior, Broomfield).

Thirty 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 Christine Anderson (senior, Lafayette), Krista Beckman (senior, Broomfield), Kyle Byrnes (senior, Louisville), Michelle Carlson (senior, Niwot), Caroline Casey (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Josh Cockroft (senior, Lafayette), Caitlin Danielson (senior, Broomfield), Erin Dickson (senior, Erie), Meredith Feiertag (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Laura Gaskins (senior, Erie), Zane Harker (senior, Broomfield), Kate Hopkins (senior, Niwot), Bernadette Hsu (senior, Broomfield), Lauren Kelley (’07 graduate, Boulder), Chris LaPanse (senior, Superior), Yan Li (’07 graduate, Erie), Michael Lind (’07 graduate, Louisville), Marissa McKercher (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Ben Morin (’07 graduate, Broomfield), Dustin Newberger (’07 graduate, Erie), Tim Nguyen (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Brooke Osekavage (senior, Lafayette), Nathan Otey (senior, Louisville), Ashley Peng (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Sarah Rumbley (senior, Lafayette), Devyn Shafer (senior, Boulder), Jay Tymkovich (senior, Broomfield), Margaret Weingart (senior, Broomfield), Kelly Wetzel (’07 graduate, Superior), and Michael Woessner (’07 graduate, Lafayette).

Twelve 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 Sarah Bird (senior, Lafayette), Caleb Bostic (senior, Erie), Chris Bostic (’07 graduate, Erie), Alyssa Carlson (senior, Niwot), Tyler Corley (senior, Lafayette), Reed Fischer (senior, Boulder), Shaun McGehan (’07 graduate, Boulder), Landon Noble (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Karin Taylor (senior, Erie), Richard Urwiller (senior, Broomfield), Eric Wernert (senior, Superior), and Nina Zabolotnaya (senior, Thornton).

Twenty students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Teri Andony (’07 graduate, Broomfield), Diego Baena (junior, Lafayette), Robert Coloroso (senior, Boulder), Lauren Cuevas (’07 graduate, Erie), Katie Ferguson (’07 graduate, Broomfield), Hanna Flaten (junior, Westminster), Kimberly Gjellum (’07 graduate, Erie), Jonathon Gu (junior, Broomfield), Katrina Jannsen (senior, Broomfield), Zachary Johnson (junior, Boulder), Sean Larson (’07 graduate, Lafayette), Lexi Martin (senior, Erie), Karen Mortensen (’07 graduate, Superior), Stephanie Perkins (junior, Louisville), Kimberly Schoonover (junior, Louisville), Haley Simmons (senior, Boulder), Caroline Taylor (’07 graduate, Louisville), Jonathan Wehrend (senior, Erie), Alexis Wirthlin (’07 graduate, Erie), and Allen Zelt (senior, Lafayette).

Peak to Peak students took nineteen of the thirty-seven different AP Exams offered. Of the 2007 award recipients, thirty-eight were sophomores or juniors and will have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award. Twenty-eight percent of the 2007 junior and senior class qualified for an AP Scholar award. Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 1,400 institutions award a full year’s credit (sophomore standing) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades.