Mesa Beat

Mesa High School will present a tribute to Veteran’s Day featuring drama, orchestra, band and choir students at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the auditorium at 1630 E. Southern Ave., Mesa.

The tribute includes a concert, interviews, pictures of those in the service and a special Air Force Junior ROTC salute. This program is designed to leave those in attendance with a sense of honor and respect for all the veterans who have given so much.

One hundred sixty three Mesa Public Schools students and graduates from Mountain View and Red Mountain High schools received Advanced Placement Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams.

AP Scholars received grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. Recipients from Mountain View are: Andrew Adams-Sierra, Amber Allison, Aaron Baker, Laura Bayles, Aaron Biehl, Kacie Birtcher, Joshua Bodrero, Kathryn Bratrud, Amber Brimhall, Lucy Brimhall, Megan Burrell, Chelsea Byers, Christine Clark, Joshua Cory, Hannah Creaser, Adam Crotty, Linndsy Curtis, Camille Decker, Christopher Doran, Emily Ellsworth, Christian Ernzen, Brandon Fine, Kevin Forrest, Brett Freeman, Gayle Frost, Drew Gibson, Matthew Gingerella, Tanner Hatch, Annessa Haws, Matthew Hoskisson, Clair Impecoven, Samuel Jennings, Alec Jonas, Jamison Jones, Michael LeCompte, Karen Lopez, Daniel Marks, Hannah Marsh, Laura McRae, Cecily Merrill, Gregory Mills, Jansen Neff, Hailey Nelson, Sarah Pickering, Danielle Rasmussen, Casper Sanchez, Emily Savastano, Aaron Sharp, Victoria Sirrine, Emily Smith, Megan Smith, Saudalia Spencer, Joseph Udall, Michael Vetrano. Recipients from Red Mountain High are: Jessica Adams, Jillian Andrews, Nicholas Cates, Brittany Coll, Trung Dang, Patrick Donohue, Jason Dover, Jordan Farrell, Kaitlyn Filler, Christopher Gray, Heather Horner, Summar Klug, Afton Knight, Andrew Kurin, Aida Mohammadreza, Gilbert Orrantia, Marguerite Rapp, Kyle Robertson, Nicole Ryan, Richard Sien, Ryan Striedel, Lauren Worth.

AP Scholars with Honors received 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. Recipients from Mountain View are: Aaron Amundsen, Eric Anderson, Mel Begley, Jonathan Blomquist, Matthew Calton, Scot Carlisle, Lauren Coplan, Kevin Coulter, Trevor Cowan, Stewart Da Silva, Shea Dodson, Ryan Dyches, Chelsea Ellsworth, Jennifer Freeman, Chelsea Heiner, Sean Hill, Brenton Horne, Joseph Kjar, Rachael Moreno, Aubrey Noble, Carine Otto, Britney Peterson, Robert Porter, Mark Roberts, Alejandro Salas, Dallin Stone, Ashwin Sundar, Rachel Thomas, Peter Tinsley, Holly Vins, Natalie Wall. Recipients from Red Mountain are: Andrea Blinkhorn, Cody Brown, Brian Connolly, Natalie Cookman, Regina Duram, Jessica Frost, Delanie Graham, Julia Leveille, Jason Patterson, John Roesler, Thuyvi Tran.

AP Scholars with Distinction received an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams. Recipients from Mountain View are: Kimberley Babos, Cameron Bean, Kelli Borushko, Sabrina Bradshaw, Erin Cook, Tanner Cook, Courtney Deshauer, Shauni Dyar, Ryan Foss, Tahnee Gaither, John Gardiner, Scott Ghormley, Frances Godfrey, Libbie Henrie, Samuel Hord, Ryan Hughes, Rachel Huish, Shannon Johnson, Daniel Knox, Stephanie Koebele, Emma LeCavalier, Mary Massey, William Munion, Britney Nelson, Christian Peterson, Carter Raines, Megan Reed, Quinton Riches, Daniel Throckmorton, Brian Wilcox, Robert Winkler. Recipients from Mountain View are: Kiel Allred, Michael Cates, Dwight Denman, Jakob Hansen, Kathleen Klein, Eric Liu, Makenzie McFadden, Kaitlin O’Neil, Cora Stapp, Noah Zarr.

National AP Scholars received by students in the U.S. who received an average grade of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Recipients from Mountain View are: John Gardiner, Libbie Henrie, Samuel Hord.