Thirty-three students at Marshall County High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams for the 2015-2016 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 22 percent of the 2.2 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 Marshall County High School: Eleven 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 Shelby Clark, Alexander Foust, Ian Harrington, Caitlin Harvey, Sarah Knoth, Daniel Lepore, Nathan Mason, Elizabeth Padgett, Olivia Parker, Nathan Risher, and Skyler Sharp.
Five students 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.
These students are Christopher Edwards, Hannah McDuffie, Shelton Owen, Jackson Yates and Nolan Yates. Seventeen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.
The AP Scholars are Jase Baker, Samantha Bearden, Maxwell Chambers, Jackson Chumbler, Cailee Davis, Lance Dyke, Claire Edwards, Paeton Ellegood, Tea Fehrenbacher, Abigail Fiessinger, Kalee Gray, Victoria Howe, Cameron Miller, Destyn Pearson, Hunter Peck, Samyuth Pinnegar, and Jarrett Radcliffe.
Through 34 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides students the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admission process.
In the 15-16 school year Marshall County High School taught 16 of those courses.
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.
Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale 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.