97 RHS students recognized as AP Scholars
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
An outstanding group of 97 students at Rogers High School have earned the distinction of AP Scholar for their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams, up from 70 students in 2007.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take college-level courses while still in high school and receive college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. Rogers High School students are among the top 18 percent of the more than 1. 6 million high school students in more than 23, 000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams and performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.
“ Rogers has an outstanding AP program and these RHS students have distinguished themselves by taking very challenging courses and scoring among the top students from around the country on this college-level material, ” said Bill Stringer, the principal of Rogers High School. “ It is also a reflection on the quality of our AP teaching staff. ”
Students took the AP Exams in May 2008 after completing rigorous courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams.
Daniel Dutcher qualified as a National Scholar after earning a grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on eight or more AP Exams.
Nineteen 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. These students are Chelsea Anderson, Nicholas Crump, Cody Dillen, Daniel Dutcher, Keely Dye, Alex Dyer, Margaret Elenbarger, Adam Johnson, Kelsi Johnson, Jael Kimball, Melanie Kyles, Dustin Rapier, Catherine Schwader, Lauren Shassere, Cameron Smith, Stephen Turner, Laura Weiderhaft, Edward Wheeley and Seth White.
Twenty-one 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. These students are Brynn Alford, Heather Allen, Jessica Archer, Tory Cottingham, Ryan Gardner, Theresa Higson, Derek Jackson, McKenzie Keller, Jill Kinslow, Hannah Lane, Taylor Lowery, Craig Mallory, John Martin, Sean Mellon, Aaron Miller, Leigha Mozzoni, Samuel Murphy, Emily Noble, Jonathan Redman, Luke Smith and Sarah Weeden.
Fifty-seven RHS students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Casey Aaron, Alexander Alecusan, Natale Ammons, Emma Belnap, Libby Black, Kayla Brown, Kathryn Cario, Jennifer Cole, Courtney Edwards, Cameron Elder, Dianne Eppley, Trevor Evans, Caleb Ford, Paige Ford, Justin Goodwin, Jared Hall, Jessica Heiden, Emily Hile, Charley Jenkins, Kristin Jeter, Britton Jones, Stephen Liguori, Brittany Lyon, Kendall Madson, Brandon Martin, Edmond McGehee, Rebecca Moye, Noel Noriega, Alexandra Olinger, Taralynn Overkleeft, Charlie Phan, Colleen Poplawski, Jakob Post, Amanda Quinn, Heather Rasnick, Anne Rohr, Jessamyn Rongey, Forrest Roth, Ashley Russell, Shelby Sagely, Madison Schaugaard, Kylee Sherman, Emily Sis, Charles Skinner, Haleigh Smith, Karem Sonora, Gabriel Soto, Harrison Stanfill, Julianne Stoltman, Heather Stout, Kendal Strong, Ashton Tate, Sierra Warner, Taylor Wood, Peggy Worthen, Amy Wright and Julie Youngs.
Of this year’s award recipients, 32 were juniors this spring. These students have another year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn another AP Scholar Award.
Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 3, 600 institutions award a full year’s credit (sophomore standing ) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades. Thirty-seven AP Exams are offered in a wide variety of subjects areas, each consisting of multiple-choice and free response (essay or problem-solving ) questions (except for the Studio Art exam which evaluates students ’ original artwork ). According to College Board, research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP exams (on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest ) typically experience greater academic success in college and a higher graduation rate than students who do not participate in AP.
Rogers High School currently offers 21 AP courses in a variety of areas from science to foreign languages, history, music, science, English and art.
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