Six students at Wareham High School have earned AP Scholar awards and one student earned the AP Scholar with Honor award in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.

Emma M. Wynne qualified for the AP Scholar with distinction 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.

The six high school AP Scholars are Owen R. Braley, John P. Irving, Nathaniel P. King, Meghan J. Silvia, Staley E. Quinn, and Hope A. Wallace. These students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.

Wareham High School Principal Scott Palladino was pleased to learn that an additional 26 WHS students earned qualifying scores of 3 or higher on at least one AP exam this year.

"This year, we had more students than ever participate in AP courses, partly due to our school’s involvement in the Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative, said Palladino. "I am so pleased with their success!”

Wareham High School is entering its second year into this grant that helps support schools in Massachusetts in encouraging more students to take Advanced Placement courses.

“We have eased our normally very rigorous requirements for admittance into AP courses,” said Deborah Freitas, WHS Assistant Principal, “in an attempt to increase enrollment in math, science and English AP courses. As long as the student has potential and is willing to put forth the effort, we want to expose them to as many challenging courses as they will need to compete in the 21st century.”

The students who achieved a 3 or higher on their AP tests are as follows: Sidney Andrade, Cameron Bancroft, Kimberly Barboza, Allison Bernique, Cecilia Briggi, John Brand, Jeffrey Cifello, Patricia Cooney, Kylie Gillette, Corey Harunkiewcz, Michaela Horman, Kaylyn Lockyer, Jamie McCann, Michael McInerney, Breanna Muir, Katelyn Murphy, Nicole Nault, Nicole Russo, Timeo Sequeira, Jamie Shapiro, Maddison Stahmer, Quinn Staley, Madison St. Julien, Ashley Texiera, Mary Torraco, and Andrew Tricker.