Thirty-eight students at Cape Elizabeth High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging, college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. Students took AP exams in May 2007, after completing the courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP exams.

At Cape Elizabeth High School, Heather Furman 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.

Twelve 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 Anna Boulos, Michael Catsos, Furman, Daniel Goldstein, Daley Gruen, William Hall, Daniel Shedd, Christopher Steinroeder, Gina Stevensen, Liam Sullivan, Mitchell Wright and Katherine Yosua.

Nine 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 Morgen Alden, Elizabeth Cummings, Thomas Egan, Rosemary Ehlers, Peter Kelley, Ashley LaRose, Maia Stamieszkin, Adam Stephanus and Jeffrey Witherell.

Seventeen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. They are Emily Atkins, Alexandria Ciraldo, Conor Dodd, Addison Everett, Frank Governali, Erin Hatton, Arthur Hendrick, Stephanie House, Alison Howe, Anna Jorgensen, Christopher MacColl, Stanis Moody-Roberts, Bethany O’Meara, Ashley Robinson, Matthew Roy, Ian Wallace and Katherine Weatherbie.

Ten of this year’s award recipients at Cape Elizabeth High School, are juniors: Morgen Alden, Elizabeth Cummings, Frank Governali, Erin Hatton, Anna Jorgensen, Peter Kelley, Bethany O’Meara, Ashley Robinson, Matthew Roy and Ian Wallace.

About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.