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Parker School announces AP Scholar Awards recipients

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The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides enthusiastic 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 1.9 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.

Parker School offered a wide array of Advanced Placement courses during the 2010-2011 school year in which 38 students took a total of 70 exams.

Parker School’s pass rate, students receiving a 3 or higher, was 84 percent, well above the state rate of 55 percent and the national rate of 60 percent. In addition, Parker School had 22 scores of 5, representing 31 percent of their total exams taken.

Nationally 22 percent and statewide 16 percent of exams received the maximum score of 5.

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams. Ten students at Parker School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their achievement on the 2010-2011 AP Exams.

Five students 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.

These students are Daniel Gregg, Edward Hon, Mary Kamitaki, Sierra Manker, and Elliott Warkus.

Annie Sturges qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor 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.

Four students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Marisa McCann, Cara Nair, Corey Patton, and Jesse Tarnas.

Additionally, Daniel Gregg and Edward Hon’s scores placed them at the AP National Scholar level.

For more information on Parker School, visit www.parkerschool.net

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