At the end of last year, 113 BCS students took Advanced Placement (AP) exams in 14 subject areas. Advanced Placement is a program in the United States andInternational program created by the College Board which offers college-levelcurricula and examinations to high school students. Colleges and universities may grant course credit to students who obtain high scores on the AP exams.
We are pleased to announce our students had a passing rate of 74% far exceeding the state and global rates. In addition, a total of 32 current and recent BCS graduates have earned 2019 AP Scholars Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.
AP Scholar is granted to students who earned a 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams. BCS is proud to announce Luke Childers, Sam Childers, Hannah Hamilton, Mackenzie Hamilton, Abby Leahy, Bryce Limon, Ariel Marciano, Pedro Oliveira, Colton Popp, Rachel Rowland, Nate Schewe, Zach Seagreaves, Matthew VanDerNoord, Gislaine Velasquez, Hannah Wiers, Luke Williams, and Savannah Woodland received this high honor.
AP Scholar with Honor is granted to students who have earned an average of 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four of these exams. Congratulations to Madison Barter, Luke Evangelista, Antonio Giraldo, Izzy Gonzalez, Knox Johnson, David Linkenhoker, Kyla Mays, and Tia Wingate who were awarded this honor.
AP Scholar with Distinction is granted to students who have earned anaverage of at least a 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. We are thrilled to announce Darius Baxter, Cat Calhoun, Dylan Cunard, Kendy DeHaan, Sarah Johnson, Jessica Vorbeck, and Aidan William received the highest honor from the results of their AP scores.