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2021 College Board AP Scholars Announced

Mr. Ray — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 07:58:52 +0000

College Board has recently released the 2021 AP Exam scores and have announced recipients of this year’s AP Scholar Awards. These awards recognize high school students who have demonstrated exemplary college-level achievement on multiple AP Exams. At �ۿ۴�ý, most of our high-achieving students begin college-level Advanced Placement courses beginning in Grade 10. Many universities in the United States recognize such courses and award college credit to students who satisfactorily complete the courses and corresponding AP exams.

This year, eight Wells students were recognized for their outstanding performance. In addition to this, two of these students were also awarded the College Board AP Capstone Diploma, the culmination of two years of rigorous AP coursework followed by the successful completion and presentation of a Capstone Research project.

—–AP Scholar with Distinction—–

College Board’s AP Scholar with Distinction is the highest designation and is awarded to students who take a minimum of five AP exams with scores of 3 or higher, and an overall average of 3.50 or higher.

Jao Van Schalkwyk, Class of 2023
AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English, AP Statistics, AP Seminar

—–AP Scholar with Honors—–

College Board’s AP Scholar with Honors is awarded to students who take a minimum of four AP exams with scores of 3 or higher, and an overall average of 3.25 or higher.

Kendrick Acda, Class of 2022
AP Biology, AP Computer Science Principals, AP English, AP Statistics, AP Seminar, AP Research
AP Captone Diploma (Four AP Courses plus AP Seminar & AP Research)

Jirachaya (Angie) Bussayabuntoon, Class of 2023
AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English

Shaina Paryani, Class of 2023
AP Biology, AP English, AP World History

Premyuda (Prem) Sakkapannikon, class of 2023
AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP English

—–AP Scholar—–

College Board’s AP Scholar award is granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.

Jiuzhou (Lucas) Lin, Class of 2022
AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics

Paree Mirchandani, Class of 2022
AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP English, AP World History
AP Captone Diploma (Four AP Courses plus AP Seminar & AP Research)

Burapha (Rocky) Oliva, Class of 2023
AP Biology, AP English, AP Seminar

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Congratulations to Wells’ AP Scholars!

Mr. Ray — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:53:19 +0000

Nine Wells students were announced as AP (Advanced Placement) award winners following the release of AP exams in early July. Incoming seniors Gautham Giri Naganathan and Daryl Ong received the highest recognition, being named AP Scholars with Distinction. To qualify for this award, a student needs to score an average of at least 3.50 in all AP exams taken, with five or more scores of at least a 3 (out of a possible 5). Gautham easily surpassed this requirement, scoring the maximum of 5 in English Language & Composition, Biology, Calculus A/B, and Macroeconomics, a score of 4 in Microeconomics, and a 3 in Psychology last year. Daryl received his highest score of 5 in English Language & Composition, World History, and Macroeconomics, with a 4 in Microeconomics and a 3 in Psychology.

Fellow incoming senior Cathy Shang Kuan, as well as recent graduate Chan Young Lee received the second highest award, as each were named as an AP Scholar with Honors. To qualify for this award, a student needs to score an average of at least 3.25 in all AP exams taken, with four exams receiving scores of at least a 3. Cathy received the highest score of 5 in Chemistry, Biology, and Calculus, while scoring a 4 in English Language & Composition, and Chan squeaked into this honor with a 3.25 average, making the grade in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Calculus A/B, and Chemistry.

Finally, five Wells students qualified for the honor of AP Scholar by scoring a minimum of 3 on three AP exams. Receiving this honor were recent graduate Joseph Chaomuangbon (Psychology – 5, Biology – 4, and Chemistry – 4) and incoming seniors Harjas Anandsongvit (English Composition – 4, Psychology – 5, Biology – 4), Judia Chen (Psychology – 4, Calculus AB – 3, Chemistry – 3), Archer Jirasirikul (Psychology – 5, Chemistry – 5, Biology – 4), and Mary Losmithgul (English Composition – 4, Psychology – 5, Calculus – 5).

College Board’s AP Program gives high school students the opportunity to study college-level courses while earning credit in most universities across the U.S. and over 60 countries around the world. Last year, �ۿ۴�ý offered on-site AP courses in English, World History, Calculus, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics. Collectively, Wells students scored far above the world averages in each of these courses.

Wells’ certified AP instructors most certainly played important roles in preparing these students for these rigorous exams, and they are to be congratulated for their hard work and dedication. These educators, in order of years of service at Wells, are Mr. Brian Salter-Townshend (Ireland – Biology), Mr. Daniel Betts (USA – Chemistry), Mr. Ashok Shanishetti (India – Calculus), Mr. Bob Dell (USA – Micro/Macroeconomics), Mr. Mark Jacobsen (USA – Psychology), and Mr. Adam Frick (USA – English & World History).

For more information about the Advanced Placement program and the opportunities it offers, visit our page.

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AP Workshop Challenges Wells Science Teachers

Mr. Ray — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:03:19 +0000

�ۿ۴�ý recently hosted a workshop conducted by the College Board from the U.S. that offered strategies for engaging students in science practices. Along with teachers from neighboring international schools, our science teachers attended the workshop “Pre-AP: Topics for Vertical Teams in Science” in order to align the �ۿ۴�ý curriculum through research-based methods of instruction that focused on building students’ scientific skills and knowledge to adequately prepare them for Advanced Placement (AP) science courses in high school.

The workshop was arranged by the College Board as a follow-up to an AP workshop held in Honolulu, Hawaii this past summer, attended by Wells’ AP Biology teacher Mr. Brian Salter-Townshend and AP Chemistry teacher Mr. Dan Betts.

Conducting the workshop was Ms. Marian DeWayne who has been teaching AP Chemistry, honors chemistry, AP Environmental Science and AP Physics at Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho for over twenty years.

The AP workshop was conducted by College Board’s Ms. Marian DeWayne (fifth from the right).

Wells science teachers collaborating on the vertical alignment of the curriculum.

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