Four BFA Students Qualify For Advanced Placement Scholar Awards

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September 21, 2009

AP® Scholar Awards

For Immediate Release

Contact: Beth Cole
Bellows Free Academy, 75 Hunt Street, Fairfax, VT

Four students at Bellows Free Academy, in Fairfax, Vermont, 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 several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

Carter Peterson 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 these exams.

Three students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Adam Benay, Jennifer Chamberlin, and Jenna Tucker.

Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared students with the
opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admissions process.

The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity.