The Advanced Placement (AP) program at Trinity College School continues to offer an opportunity for enrichment, through a broad range of courses, to students who are motivated in a given subject area and possess the learning skills to support advanced-level courses. As always, AP exams test students’ ability to perform in university-level courses. Scored on a scale from 1 to 5, exams earning a grade of 3 represent a student who is “qualified” to perform well at the university level, and a 5 indicates that the student is “extremely well qualified” at the university level in a given subject.

During the 2022-2023 academic year, an impressive 180 TCS Senior School students joined the millions of students worldwide to write the College Board AP examinations. In 2023, a total of 352 examinations were written resulting in 83.9% of our students earning an examination score of 3 or higher and the largest number of scholar designations in our history with the AP College Board. There were 52 AP Scholar designations, averaging 3.88.

AP Capstone results
2023 also saw the ninth cohort of students complete the two-year AP Capstone Diploma™ program. Eleven students earned diplomas, having achieved a score of 3 or higher in AP Seminar, AP Research and four additional AP exams of their choosing. Congratulations to Asseel Abdalla, Mitchell Baboolal, Jia Yi (Jasmine) Chen, Zhe (TianTian) Dong, Kyra Fingas, Haena (Hannah) Hwang, Tae-Kyeong Kim, Tanay Langhe, Oliver Lynn, Amelia Maggi and Carmella Ylagan. The AP Seminar and Research Certificate™ was awarded to Viana Biscoe, Alexa Braganza, Henderson (Hudson) Brown, Nina Gardes, Jun Hong and Wesley Hoo, who each earned a score of 3 or higher in both the AP Seminar and AP Research courses.

AP awards and recognition
TCS is proud of the incredible efforts of our AP Scholar-level award winners. For the 2022-2023 academic year, 19 students each earned a grade of at least a 3 on three different AP exams and were awarded the distinction of AP Scholar. Congratulations to Jaylyn Bao, Viana Biscoe, Nya Fludzinski, Katie Gunther, Peter Hassard, Peiyu (Taley) He, Wesley Hoo, Jun Hong, Tanay Langhe, Chengxian (Eric) Jin, Beau Lee, Jeremiah Lefebvre, Christian Mack, Maggie McLean, Eadyn Meier, Will Raenden, Haoran Wang, Yixuan Wang and Lily Wright.

Eleven students earned an average score of 3.25 on all AP exams taken, with scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams, achieving the status of AP Scholar with Honor. Congratulations to Jade Barnard, Alexa Braganza, Henderson (Hudson) Brown, Laurence Chevalier, Zhe (TianTian) Dong, Edward Feng, Malinka Kwemo, Zhanchen (Nicolas) Shi, Shiliang (Allen) Tang, Marie-Anne Urrutia and Phillip Whan Tong.

Twenty-one students received an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams taken, with scores of 3 or higher in five or more of these exams, and were awarded AP Scholar with Distinction. Congratulations to Asseel Abdalla, Mitchell Baboolal, Jia Yi (Jasmine) Chen, Kyra Fingas, Yukai (Oliver) Gu, Silas Hodges,  Haena (Hannah) Hwang, Dagna Jezioro, Tae-Kyeong Kim, Danny Liu, Oliver Lynn, Amelia Maggi, Marc-Olivier Robert, Benjamin Semmler, Jack Sprayson, Yibai (Isabella) Wu, Xinrun (Robin) Xu, Eason Yang, Yi (Sara) Yang, Carmella Ylagan and Jingshuang (Jennifer) Zhang.

Jingshuang (Jennifer) Zhang was also awarded the AP International Diploma, a globally recognized certificate awarded to students who display exceptional achievement across a variety of disciplines.

Our AP students and faculty are congratulated for their dedication and hard work towards the AP program, as the academic challenges of these examinations extend well beyond the requirements of the Ontario curriculum.

A complete list of our AP award and recognition recipients is shown below. As in the past, their names will appear on the AP recognition board in the main hallway on the ground floor of the Fessenden Wing.

- By Suzy Hall, director of academic administration

2022-2023 Advanced Placement Awards & Honours

• Asseel Abdalla (CD) ***
• Mitchell Baboolal (CD) ***
• Jaylyn Bao *
• Jade Barnard **
• Viana Biscoe (SRC) *
• Alexa Braganza (SRC) **
• Henderson (Hudson) Brown (SRC) **
• Laurence Chevalier **
• Jia Yi (Jasmine) Chen (CD) ***
• Zhe (TianTian) Dong (CD) **
• Edward Feng **
• Kyra Fingas (CD) ***
• Nya Fludzinski *
• Nina Gardes (SRC)
• Yukai (Oliver) Gu ***
• Katie Gunther *
• Peter Hassard *
• Peiyu (Taley) He *
• Silas Hodges ***
• Jun Hong SRC *
• Wesley Hoo SRC *
• Haena (Hannah) Hwang (CD) ***
• Dagna Jezioro ***
• Chengxian (Eric) Jin *
• Tae-Kyeong Kim (CD) ***
• Malinka Kwemo **
• Tanay Langhe (CD) *
• Beau Lee *
• Jeremiah Lefebvre *
• Danny Liu ***
• Oliver Lynn (CD) ***
• Christian Mack *
• Amelia Maggi (CD) ***
• Maggie McLean *
• Eadyn Meier *
• Will Raenden *
• Marc-Olivier Robert ***
• Benjamin Semmler ***
• Zhanchen (Nicolas) Shi **
• Jack Sprayson ***
• Shiliang (Allen) Tang **
• Marie-Anne Urrutia **
• Haoran Wang *
• Yixuan Wang *
• Phillip Whan Tong **
• Lily Wright *
• Yibai (Isabella) Wu ***
• Xinrun (Robin) Xu ***
• Eason Yang ***
• Yi (Sara) Yang ***
• Carmella Ylagan (CD) ***
• Jingshuang (Jennifer) Zhang (ID) ***

* AP Scholar
** AP Scholar with Honour
*** AP Scholar with Distinction
(CD) AP Capstone Diploma
(SRC) AP Seminar and Research Certificate
(ID) AP International Diploma