The College Board has just released results of the 2011 A.P. Testing that took place in May.  97 Central Catholic students took a total of 145 A.P. tests.  76% of the scores were college-credit qualifying, beating the national average of 60%.

Fifteen Central Catholic students have earned distinction from the College Board for their outstanding achievement through the Advanced Placement Program.

8 Students earned the distinction of AP Scholar by scoring 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams:

Brian Horner (Sacred Heart Elementary School; University of Miami)
John Leech (Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy;  George Washington University)
Chris McNulty (St. Alphonsus Elementary School; CC class of ’12)
Ryan Meder (St. Bede Elementary School; Princeton University)
Thomas O’Connor (Pittsburgh Classical Academy; CC class of ’12)
Kristof Oltvai (St. Bede Elementary School; Denison University)
Brendan Rodgers (St. Maurice Elementary School; University of Pittsburgh)
Daniel Schapira (Sacred Heart Elementary School; Case Western Reserve University)

1 Student earned the distinction of AP Scholar with Honor by receiving an average score of 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams:

Benjamin Nuttle (St. John the Baptist Elementary School; Georgia Institute of Technology)

6 students have been granted recognition as AP Scholar with Distinction by receiving an average score of at least 3.5 on all A.P Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams:

Patrick Ebbert (St. Mary of the Assumption Elementary School; Boston College)
Connor P. Jackson (Mount Gallitzan Academy; University of California at Berkley)
Donald E. Kline, Jr. (St. Alphonsus Elentary School; University of Pittsburgh)
Nathaniel Schramm (Transfiguration Elementary School; Westminster College)
Christopher Short (Marshall Middle School; University of Notre Dame)
Frank M. Wolf, V (St. Alphonsus Elementary School; University of Pennsylvania)

Central Catholic currently offers AP courses in 10 subjects.  Each Central Catholic student enrolled in AP courses is required to take the AP test.