Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods has recognized nine Richmond County high schools as 2021 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools.
“Our high school principals, counselors and teachers work to increase the number of students enrolled in and passing AP exams is helping our high school students excel in classes and earn college credit. The impact of these efforts is even greater during the pandemic as students and teachers adjusted to new teaching and learning styles,” says Associate Superintendent of Academic Services Dr. Malinda Cobb. “I am proud to join the state to recognize and applaud these schools and our AP course teachers for going the extra mile for our AP students.”
The list of schools receiving the recognition are:
AP Access and Support Schools – A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School, Hephzibah High School and T. W. Josey High School. This recognition goes to schools with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as African-American and/or Hispanic and 30 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
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AP Challenge Schools – A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School, G. P. Butler High School, John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School, Lucy C. Laney High School and Westside High School. This recognition is for schools with enrollments of 900 or fewer students and students testing in English, math, science, and social studies.
AP Schools of Distinction – John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School was recognized as a school with at least 20 percent of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
AP STEM Schools – A. R. Johnson Health and Science Engineering Magnet High School, Academy of Richmond County, Cross Creek High School, John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School, Lucy C. Laney High School and Westside High School. This recognition is for chools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles))
AP STEM Achievement Schools – John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School. This recognition is for AP STEM schools with at least 50 percent of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
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