MILFORD -- Twenty nine students at Joseph A. Foran High School have been named Advanced Placement Scholars by The College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement in the college-level AP exams. Only about eighteen percent of the more than 1.9 million students worldwide who took the AP exams in May 2011 performed at a sufficiently high level to merit such recognition.

Students take AP exams in May after completing challenging college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student performance on AP exams.

Eight 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 Peter Bassine, Robert Fohrenbach, Matthew Hasselkamp, Paul Huebner, Roshni Patel, William Ritz and Katherine Sylvester.

Five 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 Thomas Bassine, Justin Fugal, Rebecca Giden, Molly Nebiolo and Charles Taylor.

Eighteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with a grade of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Emily Alderman, Matthew Aspinwall, Ryan Dennehy, Mark Dillman, Rick Garcia, Amanda Geib, Rosanne Gildea, Katherine Gunzenhauser, Cristina LaPenna, Rodger Macdonald, Matthew Perani, Zachary Sabo, Kira Sirois, Nicholas Sostillo, Molly Taylor, Daniel Tylutki, Kelly Velez and Cynthia Xu.