Floyd students recognized as AP Scholars

Media release: The College Board released AP School Scholars recently and 21 Floyd County students earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams for 2011. The College Board's Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school.  High school students can earn college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.  About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who take AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. The College Board recognizes three levels of achievement based on a students' performance on AP Exams.  AP also announces State and National AP Scholars.  State Scholar status is granted to the one male and one female student in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia with scores of 3 or higher on the greatest number of AP Exams, and then the highest average score (at least 3.5) on all AP Exams taken.  National AP Scholar status is granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. AP Levels of Achievement: AP Scholar: Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams AP Scholar with Honor:  Granted to students who receive 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 AP Scholar with Distinction: Granted to students who receive 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 Floyd County Students honored for there performance on AP Exams during the 2010-2011 school year were: Armuchee High School Hope Bettler, 2011 graduate – Scholar Austin Brown, 2011 graduate – Scholar Kyle McKittrick, 2011 graduate – Scholar with Distinction Austin Bryant, senior – Scholar Kristen Shiflett, senior – Scholar Gina Yu, senior – Scholar with Honor Coosa High School Jared Vancuren, 2011 graduate  - Scholar Brian Wasdin, 2011 graduate  - Scholar Toby Armellino, 2011 graduate  - Scholar with Distinction Model High School Nicollette Baldwin, 2011 graduate – Scholar Keri Gresham, 2011 graduate – Scholar Mary Heida, 2011 graduate – Scholar with Distinction Angela Powers, 2011 graduate - Scholar Aaron Torres, 2011 graduate  - Scholar Pepperell High School Gwen Gabey, 2011 graduate – Scholar Casey Kean, 2011 graduate – Scholar Austin Lowe, 2011 graduate – Scholar Ashley Pawlowski, 2011 graduate - Scholar Rosa Dobbs, senior – Scholar Andrew Owen, senior – Scholar Carolyn Sartain, senior - Scholar    The availability of AP classes for students is a priority in Floyd County Schools.  The system's Honors Prep program is recognized as one of the top college prep programs in the area with more than 13 AP classes offered to students.