Celebrating Brimmer and May School’s 25-26 AP Scholars

More than a quarter of a century ago, Brimmer and May began offering its first AP courses in the Upper School, which had only about two-thirds of today’s enrollment and about a half dozen initial AP offerings. During the 2026-2027 school year, however, Brimmer and May’s Upper School will enroll students in 18 Advanced Placement® (AP) courses in the visual arts, English, mathematics, social sciences, science, technology, and world languages. 

 

Annually, College Board, which provides the AP course program, announces the students who earned AP Scholar designation as a result of their cumulative scores on AP exams. For Brimmer and May, this includes students in the class of 2026, who graduated last year, and students in the class of 2027 who are currently in our senior class. 

 

Students designated as AP Scholars have taken at least 3 AP exams and earned a score of 3 or higher on each over the course of their high school careers. To recognize achievement beyond this level, College Board awards AP Scholar status in two additional categories: AP Scholar with Honors and AP Scholar with Distinction. Brimmer and May’s students earned recognition for their results on the spring 2026 (and previous) AP exams in all three AP Scholar categories:

 

AP Scholar — Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.

 

AP Scholar with Honors — Granted to students who receive 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

 

AP Scholar with Distinction — Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

(from https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/awards-recognitions/ap-scholar-award)

 

For the most recent academic year, the College Board has recognized 28 Brimmer and May students as AP Scholars; this represents a 22% increase in students earning awards over the previous year. This is a credit to the students and their teachers for their efforts during the 26-26 school year. 

Congratulations are extended to the following students:

 

Maxim Audoly, ’26

Meera Gandhi, ’26

Adrian Houndegla, ’26

Abigail MacLean, ’27

Aryaa Mutha, ’26

Josef Porteleki, ’26

Nolan Suraci, ’26

Quinn Teschke, ‘26

Charles Burket, ‘27

Cooper Horn, ’27

Caleb Meranus, ’26

Brooks Neufeld, ’26

Nikolai Souza, ‘26

Maya Tedrake, ‘27

Charlotte Wolfstich, ‘26

Hashem Raja Aziz, ’26

Ana Calanca Friere, ’26

Andrew Flint, ’26

Edward Flint, ‘26

Sin Yao (Katherine) Huang, ’26

Zefeng (Jerry) Li, ’27

Anastasiia Lobortas, ’26

Yihao (Ethan) Qiang, ’26

Demetrius Quarles, ’26

Cole Thompson, ‘26

Sebastian Velastegui, ’26

Jiyuan (Mary) Wang, ’26

Yimeng (Riman) Zhao, '27

 

Occasionally, in pursuit of specific learning interests, as well as advanced placement/college credit, students may take additional AP exams for courses they have pursued independently outside of school; this was the case for our students who took the AP exams in 6 other disciplines including the sciences, psychology, history, and government. Overall, for the 2025-2026 school, our 28 scholars earned an impressive average score of 3.72 on a total of 160 exams. Students earned AP Scholar status for their efforts on as few as 3 and as many as 10 AP exams in total. 

 

For the 2026-2027 school year in the Upper School, 71 students (65% of those enrolled) in Grades 10 - 12 are signed for 18 Advanced Placement courses offered; this includes 86% of the senior class. In the upcoming school year, our students’ pursuit of learning and of academic excellence is evident in the 166 AP course enrollments, in the more than 40 students seeking Signature Diplomas (CAP, Global Studies, STEAM), and in the excited enrollments in our many rigorous, revenant, and riveting Upper School departmental course offerings for grades 9 - 12.