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__ WRITING k I Ski HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL 91 county students named AP Scholars Special to the Journal Ninety-one Houston County students have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board. Thirty-four Houston County High students, 16 Northside High students, 15 Perry High students and 26 Warner Robins High stu dents have been recognized by the College Board for their exceptional achievement on college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams. Students took AP exams in May 2007 after complet ing challenging college level courses at their high schools. AP exams are grad ed on a five-point scale, with five being the highest for “extremely well qualified.” ”We are extremely proud of the accomplishments of our AP Scholars,” said Superintendent David Carpenter. “I commend our exceptional teachers and staff in addition to our stu dents. These scholars are proof of the tremendous tal ent in Houston County and the quality of teaching and Five from Westfield earn AP Scholar designation Special to the Journal Five students at The Westfield 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. According to a release, the College Board’s Advanced Placement 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 suc cessful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in more than 16,000 second ary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level See SCHOLAR, page SA ft ' m s ftf I m Stokes \nJ l/nri/)A.MASfaa] mjgr II l\// I | n On October 27 th our annual [| iMtow Papdebutes! fiiMind out all about the latest Safety Vyineasures to take to make sure your ■pi child has a fun time! learning that takes place in our schools.” Several levels of achieve ment are recognized by the College Board. The honorees are listed below. Scholar: completed three or more AP Examinations, with grades of 3 or higher. Houston County High School: Matthew Bishop, Melissa Bofto, Drew Bratcher, Ashleigh Burns, Turi Daoust, Robert Edger, Ethan Garber, Thomas Godfrey, Tyler Grubbs, Katelyn Heck, Claire Jacques, Onica Matsika, David McConico, Kimberly Niemantsverdrie, Scott Oakes, Tien Phan, Nicholas Tomko and Lacey Wildes Northside High School: Nancy Ahmad, Velma Albert, Holli Bjorklund, Matthew Buford, Kurt Dzwonkowski, Ross Freitag, Raymond Jones, Jonathan May, Binh Nguyen, Thomas Simons and Amber Skiles Perry High School: William Barron, Daniel Burnham, Carson Conway, Eric Danforth, Eleanor Thompson H' 1 * m .* M I I m - Hayes "Have Cameras, Will Travel" Dannenberg, Jonathan Gray, Anne Marie Hall, Elias Hall, John David Howard, Joel Mason, Adam Seward and Colton Wood Warner Robins High School: Naomi Ballard, Katherine Borek, Tabitha Callaway, Anne Culpepper, Mary Grace, Lee Hops, Taylor Phelps, Ryan Prior, Karl Schleider, Tina Wall, Jennifer Walter and Brandi Womack Scholar with Honor: earned 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. Houston County High School: Denise Bringslid, Gregory Custer, Jonathan loanitescu, Robert Molina, Derek Reeves, Cameron Tufts, Robert Updike and Yue Yuan Northside High School: Jared Fry, Lashon Leggett, Dallas Michelbacher and Chase Quinton Perry High School: Mary Jinglewski Warner Robins High --L Moredock *' fCfl j: ■ '?' .4 .4 H A Kinsley TURNER IKTMR\IU> Aerial Photography Brad luraer • 4/WW-Hll or 475-4f«W«l School: Travis Collier, Abigail Cunningham, Daniel Grace, Andrew Hull, Marc Kushinka, Malorie Sponseller and Sean Workman Scholar with Distinction: earned 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. 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