Neville High School Recognizing AP Scholars
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AP Pizza Party
HAT IS THE REWARD FOR PURSUING RIGOROUS coursework including Advanced Placement courses? Research indicates that students who enroll in advanced coursework do better in college and career, because they are more prepared to persevere through challenges, to document and support their thinking with credible sources and to apply skills in novel situations. Administrators, counselors and teachers at Neville High School encourage all students to stretch themselves by choosing the most challenging courses available. Students prepare for Advanced Placement beginning in ninth grade with pre-AP offerings in which teachers facilitate student growth by breaking academic skills into smaller, more palatable steps along the way to the culminating Advanced Placement course and exam in junior or senior year. When students progress to the Advanced Placement course, they will find that teachers have developed rigorous curriculum and assessments to challenge and engage students at high levels. At year end, students take an examination that assesses mastery of the skills and content learned, as well as their ability to communicate that understanding in writing. Appropriate AP scores —usually a score of 3 or higher on a 5 point scale—result in credits recognized at over 2500 colleges and universities across the world—another reward for advanced study! At Neville High School in 2016-17, five students earned the distinction of AP Scholar. To be named to this prestigious group of students, a student must receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. Forty-six students scored a three or higher on at least one AP exam. The following students earned AP Scholar distinction: Katherine Burkett, Angel Dixon, Mary Snellings Inabnett, Edward Seymour and Sallie Sherman. These AP students and their teachers celebrated their accomplishments at a pizza party at the home of Michael and Katherine Sandifer. The following students earned scores of three or higher on at least one AP exam: Ben Ambrose, Matthew Bhandari, Bric Braud, Emily Coenen, Kennedy Cupples, Sharif Elgourani, Cullen Guerriero, Elizabeth Hancock, Annalies Hayward, Evan Hebert, Brett Hill, Takia Hill, Mary Grace Holloway, Chika Ifediora, Jaqueline Jenson, Emma Jane Johnson, John Kade Lawrence, Chris Lin, Kayleigh Keyes, Camille Louis, Taiesha McDowell, Millicent McFarland, Emilee McGuire, Katheryne Nickelson, Katherine Patrick, Allison Payne, Parker Reneau, Aayan Rezan, Stewart Scott, Sarah Morgan Sivils, Connor Smith, Talia Teplitzky, Harrison Travis, Charlotte Trettin, Kristin Van and Darius Washington. Congratulations AP Scholars! Neville is proud of your quest for academic excellence.
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