Date:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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Fifty-six students at The Meadows School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams.
The College Board's AP Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging, college-level courses while still in high school and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.
Students took AP Exams in May 2007 after completing challenging, college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students' performances on AP Exams.
Four students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
Twenty-two students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
Sixteen students 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 these exams.
Eighteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.
Of the 2007 award recipients at The Meadows School, 38 at the time of testing were sophomores or juniors. Those students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award.
