October 2, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 7 Ridgewood High school honors six National AP Scholars by John Koster The Ridgewood Board of Education recently honored the six Ridgewood High School students who became National AP Scholars by earning grades of 4 or higher on all Advanced Placement exams taken on eight or more exams. The board also honored the comprehensive total of 127 Ridgewood students recognized as AP Scholars by the College Board. The top six students were John Wuk Byon, Christo- pher A. Criscitiello, Megan M. Felder, Soyeon Kim, Anna Nathanson, and Visdushi Sharma. The board acknowledged 53 students who took the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average of at last 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more exams. Ridgewood High School students also included 28 individuals who 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 those exams, and 46 other students who took the AP Scholar Award for completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. About 1.9 million students worldwide took the AP exams and about 18 per cent of them joined the 127 Ridgewood High School students who won some type of recognition. YMCA offers free mediation session The Ridgewood YMCA will host an educational and interactive meditation session with Dr. Raj Ghandi, “Mind- fulness Based Stress Reduction,” on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The program will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Y’s 112 Oak Street location. The session is free and open to all. The program will include 20 minutes of talk, 20 minutes of meditation, and 20 minutes of questions and answers. Participants will learn the practice of having this moment-to-moment awareness in a non-judgmental way, and nourish qualities of curiosity, a willingness to explore inner and outer experiences, and sense of kindness and gentleness toward ourselves and others. For more informa- tion, contact Carol Livingstone at (201) 444-5600, exten- sion 330 or e-mail clivingstone@ridgewoodymca.org.