Nine students in Floyd County high schools have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and to earn college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.  About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.

The College Board recognizes three levels of achievement based on a students’ performance on AP Exams.

• AP Scholar: Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams
• AP Scholar with Honor:  Granted to students who receive 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
• AP Scholar with Distinction: Granted to students who receive 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

Floyd County Students honored were:

• Armuchee High School
  Bob Dunwoody - Scholar with Honor
• Coosa High School
  Matthew Hubbard - Scholar
  Andrew Stephens - Scholar
  Luke Weeks - Scholar with Distinction
• Model High School
  Laura Heida - Scholar
  Jeffrey Rice - Scholar
  Sam Hopkins - Scholar with Honor
• Pepperell High School
  Justice Purser - Scholar
  Judson Whitfield - Scholar
  Aaron Morgan - Scholar