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Congrats to the 2019 Jefferson and Kennedy AP Scholars!

The College Board Advanced Placement (AP) program has recognized 12 National AP Scholars, 40 AP Scholars with Distinction, 34 AP Scholars with Honor and 122 AP Scholars from Bloomington Jefferson and Kennedy high schools.

National AP Scholars are students with an average score of at least four on all AP exams and scores of four or higher on eight or more exams.

National AP Scholars: Alexandra Janey, Abigail Larson, Neython Lec Streitz, Colden Longley, Charles Maki, Ryan Martz, Ryan Meany, Amelia Miller, Tomas Panvica, Isabella Phan, Jordan Thomson and Amy Wang.


AP Scholars with Distinction are students with an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of three or higher on five or more exams. 

AP Scholars with Distinction: Ingrid Anderson, Jacob Bechtold, Promise Benson, Katelynn Brandwick, Hannah Butala, Jillayne Clarke, Ruth Claycomb, Elyse Cooke, Willa Countryman, Peyton Crombie, David Elliot, Jessica Greymont, Kaija Johnson, Ella Jones, Lucas Kramarczuk, Angela Kunkel, Zoe Langlois, Claire Liddle, Max Mallinger, Christopher Melville, Emma Moore, Olivia Neuenfeldt, Annika Palmquist, Anthony Pham, Logan Redding, Megan Roach, Kaia Rokke, Annabel Russell-Pribnow, Alexander Schatt, Jonathan Starfeldt, Ally Starks, Samantha Sunnarborg, Emery Taylor, William Titus, Emma Voigt, Skylar Volden, Emily Wammer, Mallory Waters, Lillian Williams and Jennavieve Zimmerman. 


AP Scholars with Honor are students with an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of three or higher on four or more exams.

AP Scholars with Honor: Yahye Abdiwahab, Ryan Adams, Azriella Anderson, Garrin Avaloz, Corey Boerner, Chase Brown, Amy Diedrich, Margaret Duerwachter, Fletcher Gornick, Sarah Hatton, Jarret Helmer, Joseph Holzman, Julia Jones, Karen Muff, Kayla Nguyen, Madeline Niziolek, Martin Olson, Emily Patterson, Ana Sofia Peraza Munuzuri, Tasha Pizel, Thomas Quiggle, Kylie Reardon, Sarah Rosenberg, Justin Seel, Erin Siebenaler, Elizabeth Taffe, Nathaniel Urbanski, Marissa Voelkel, Nicholas Wallenhorst, Daria Weinzierl, Adam Wetmore, Natalie Wheeler, Andrew Wilson, Zoe Zarth.


AP Scholars are students who earned a score of three or higher on three or more AP exams. 

AP Scholars: Monserrat Aguayo Brenes, Alexandra Akem, Sophia Alvarado, Evangel Anyiwe, Maggie Baukol, Jared Beek, Amy Blazanin, Matthew Bromann, Iliyah Bruffett, Dakota Buechler, Isabel Caballero, Claire Carlson, Naomi Carlson, Aaron Chung, Jenna Clements, Zubeir Dagane, Sean Daniels, Erin Devery, Faith Devery, Wyatt Doppman, Cassandra Drevlow, Jazzlynn DuBay, Aliah Eddihi, Emma Elbert, Jerry Erlandson, Caitlin Farrell, Olivia Flood, Nathan Fronk, Gavin Gascho, Aaron George, Makenzi Glass, Benjamin Griesel, Nathan Grund, Abigail Hall, Faith Hall, Mina Hammer, Alyssa Harms, Joseph Hauge, Nina Hawkins, Madeline Hergott, Lina Hernandez Moral, Anna Hester, Isabella Hofer, Grace Hoffhines, Rachel Huberty, Alyssa Jahr, Sophia Jamieson, Katherine Johnson, Anjali Kapoor, Joshua Kardell, Nathan Keith, Rachel Knudson, Kole Krause, Olivia Kunkel, Aaron Larson, Anna Larson, Tran Lehuynh, James Loken, Dawson Lowe, Alec Lunneborg, Rebecca Madsen, Ashley Marker, Gabriel Mastel, Claire Mavis, Elliana Meier, Abigail Meyer, Ros Michalski, Victoria Miller, Isabelle Miller, Grace Mitchell, Arden Moss Magana, Hodo Mohamed, Megan Narveson, Connor Nee, Kathlyn Nguyen, Nicholas Niziolek, Katlyn Ocel, Sae Young Oh, Marvin Omana Palma, Natalie Pearson, Edda Pederson, Olivia Penrose, Abbigail Pepka, Delina Pham, Joseph Pham, Leilani Plekkenpol, Daniel Redish, Natasha Richter, Jason Rikprashad, Sarah Rinnman, Andy Rosas-Mondragon, Kyle Rue, Cole Ryan, Sierra Salato, James Schubbe, Marcella Schubbe, Joseph Schueller, Phoebe Sinner, Brianna Smokovich, Jonas Strandberg, Gavin Svensson, Jake Swanson, Anna Tinklenberg, William Tran, Richmond Tu, Erik Vacura, Midori Van Alstine, Aiden Van Peursem, Benjamin Vanbinsbergen, David Vences Mendez, Isabel Villalobos Alva, Emily Vodovnik, Ayla Volante, Sawyer Vozka, Ebba Wako, Natalia Weinzierl, Denley Wenner, Stephen Wenzel, Evan Wigglesworth, Joseph Wiklund, Jacob Wyka and Linnea Ziebol.

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