The
Coweta
County
Board of
Education
recognized
East
Coweta
High
School’s
Advanced
Placement
(AP)
Teachers
at their
most
recent
board
meeting.
The high
school’s
thriving
AP
program
enrolls
over 600
students
in 13
classes
ranging
from AP
Calculus
to
European
History
to Art
History.
Advanced
Placement
classes
offer
students
the
opportunity
to take
challenging
college-level
courses
while
still in
high
school.
They
also
prepare
students
for AP
exams,
successful
passage
of which
allows
students
to
receive
college
credit,
advanced
placement,
or both.
About 17
percent
of the
more
than one
million
high
school
students
in
almost
15,000
secondary
schools
worldwide
who took
AP Exams
performed
at a
sufficiently
high
level to
merit
the
recognition
of AP
Scholar.
Principal
Derek
Pitts
said
that 332
East
Coweta
High
School
students
were
expected
to take
552 AP
exams
this
year
alone.
Superintendent
Blake
Bass
praised
the
success
of the
East
Coweta
program,
noting
that the
scholarship
of the
classes
prepares
students
very
well for
college,
and
successful
student
completion
of AP
courses
saves
families
money
when
students
begin
college.
Last
year,
thirty-seven
students
at East
Coweta
High
School
earned
the
designation
of AP
Scholar
at the
College
Board in
recognition
of their
exceptional
achievement
on the
college-level
Advanced
Placement
Program
Exams,
administered
in May
of 2006.
One
student
- Tarun
Patel –
qualified
for the
National
AP
Scholar
Award by
earning
an
average
grade of
4 or
higher
on a
5-point
scale on
all AP
Exams
taken,
and
grades
of 4 or
higher
on eight
or more
of the
exams.
Eight
students
qualified
for the
AP
Scholar
with
Distinction
Award by
earning
an
average
grade of
at least
3.5 on
all AP
Exams
taken,
and
grades
of 3 or
higher
on five
or more
of the
exams,
including
students
Brent
Bermingham,
Andreas
Bluehs,
Carolyn
Crist,
Harper
Harris,
Tarun
Patel,
Megan
Upchurch,
William
Paul
Warren
and
Wesley
Woodall.
Eleven
students
qualified
for the
AP
Scholar
with
Honor
Award by
earning
an
average
grade of
at least
3.25 on
all AP
Exams
taken,
and
grades
of 3 or
higher
on four
or more
of the
exams,
including
students
Courtney
Bailey,
Adam
Franklin,
Walter
Harden,
Krystal
Hynson,
Martin
Johnson,
Daniel
Rahim,
Caylin
Riey,
Emilio
Rodriguez,
Carly
Schmitt,
Brittany
Taylor,
and
Shaun
Terry.
Nineteen
students
qualified
for the
AP
Scholar
Award by
completing
three or
more AP
exams,
with
grades
of 3 or
higher,
including
students
Amy
Abel,
Lauren
Barrow,
Ashley
Byers,
Amanda
Dennis,
Megan
Douglas,
Andrew
Garrett,
Ryan
Harlan,
Jeremiah
Hobbs,
Clarice
Hubbell,
Heather
McCondichie,
Kristen
McDaniel,
Brooke
Millard,
Leslie
Munoz,
Jessica
Nottoli,
Bethany
Prosser,
Mark
Rogers,
Katelyn
Stanier,
Jessica
Summers,
and
Kenneth
Wiley
East
Coweta
High
School’s
AP
program
was
recognized
by the
Coweta
County
Board of
Education
recently.
Among
those
honored
by the
board
were,
left to
right,
front
row,
Principal
Derek
Pitts,
Charlene
Storey
(AP
Calculus),
Barbara
Greene
(AP US
History),
Suzanne
Holland
(AP
American
Government),
Elizabeth
McFadden
(AP
Psychology),
Adrienne
Elder
(AP
Literature/Composition)
and
Jennifer
Sandlin
(AP
European
History);
back
row,
Assistant
Principal
Schwanda
Jackson,
Cynthia
Bennett
(AP
Economics),
Jim
Storey
(AP
Statistics),
Peter
Skrmetti
(AP
European
History),
Dan
Harrington
(AP
Chemistry),
Lee
Harris
(AP Art)
and
Patrice
Newell
(AP Art
History).
Not
pictured
are
teachers
Linda
Barbour
(AP
Biology),
Herb
Shappard
(AP
English),
Rosemary
Stefenelli
(AP
American
Government),
Kelly
Stephens
(AP
Chemistry)
and
Theresa
Williams
(AP
Calculus).
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