>Fourteen Spalding High students receive AP Scholar awards

September 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

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SHS students receive AP Scholar Awards
Fourteen students at Spalding High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams during the 2009 – 2010 school year.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.  About 18 percent of the more than 1.8 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams. 
At Spalding High School:
  • Brittany Truitt qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning 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.
  • Michael Weitzel qualified for the AP Scholar with Honors Award by earning 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.
Twelve students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.  The AP Scholars are Thomas Adams, Sarah Bakr, Paul Cronan, Jordana Jarrett, Benjamin Johnston, Megan Matthews, Erik Pasto, Megan Poole, Kevin Ray, Haythem Shata, Elizabeth Turner, and Kerrah Wood.
Of this year’s award recipients at Spalding High School, four are seniors and have at least one more year in which to complete college level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award.

Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admission process.  Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions.  More than 3,800 colleges and universities annually receive AP scores.  Most four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying exam sores.  Research consistently shows that AP students who scores a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on as scales from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and have higher college graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.

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