College Board’s newly released Advanced Placement Scholar Roster includes 142 Bartow County School System students – the highest number ever recorded in Bartow County! The number of AP Scholars has nearly tripled from 2017!
College Board’s AP program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school. Students can earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP exams administered in high schools.
College Board recognizes three levels of achievement based on student performance and AP exams. The highest level of academic honor is AP Scholar with Distinction, followed by AP Scholar with Honor, and AP Scholar.
Twenty-nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of 3.5 or higher on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. The honorees include Mark Brunson (AHS ’22), Sydney Irons (AHS ’22), Emma Higueras (AHS ’24), Annie McCormick (AHS ’23), Callie Viktora (AHS ’24), Camden Briggs (CHS ’22), Maki Barnes (CHS ’22), Carson Carroll (CHS ’22), Evelyn Lynch (CHS ’23), Sydney Orr (CHS ’23), Andrew Ziemer (CHS ’23), Kylie Agan (WHS ’24), Kiconco Bassler (WHS ’23), Bradley Benners (WHS ’24), Shelby Bishop (WHS ’22), Grace Card (WHS ’23), Abigail Carlsen (WHS ’22), Kameron Chappell (WHS ’23), Taylor Chappell (WHS ’22), Jayla Chastain (WHS ’22), Adam Edens (WHS ’23), Jolie Fannin (WHS ’23), Eryn Gentry (WHS ’22), Hannah Godfrey (WHS ’23), Delaney Matthews (WHS ’24), Benjamin Novo (WHS ‘22), Emily Roach (WHS ’23), Christopher Tarver (WHS ’22), and Caden Wolf (WHS ’22).
Fourteen students received the AP Scholar with Honor Award after earning an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. The recipients are Connor Patterson (AHS ’22), Aldon Aquarian (CHS ’22), Gavin Davis (CHS ’24), Scarlett Hale (CHS ’24), Alexandra Pacheco (CHS ’24), Rey Ventura-Velasquez (CHS ’24), Breanna Chapman (WHS ’24), Aiden Cornette (WHS ’23), Mac Doran (WHS ’22), Jorden Edens (WHS ’24), John Forsyth (WHS ’22), Sara Lowe (WHS ’24), Joseph Parker (WHS ’23), and Chloe Webb (WHS ’24).
Ninety-nine students earned the AP Scholar Award by earning a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. The honorees are Ella Baker (AHS ’24), Gracelyn Baker (AHS ’23), Cavender Barnes (AHS ’23), Adeline Bearden (AHS ’22), Melody Cress (AHS ’22), Alayna Findley (AHS ’23), Alex Gollaz (AHS ’24), Megan Gregory (AHS ’23), Kyoshi Harmon (AHS ’24), Lexi Heatherly (AHS ’24), Kayli Hilburn (AHS ’22), Lillian Kinsey (AHS ’23), Jaiden Leach (AHS ’23), Eden Lipham (AHS ’22), Samantha Lusian (AHS ’23), JoBeth O’Kelley (AHS ’23), Braden Potter (AHS ’24), Bryce Richardson (AHS ’22), Emily Rogers (AHS ’22), Nick Schmied-Tatransky (AHS ’24), Abigail Simpson (AHS ’22), Michael Spinks (AHS ’24), Tori Sprayberry (AHS ’24), Macy Wilson (AHS ’24), Alissa Winters (AHS ’24), Ansley Womack (AHS ’23), Melanie Armstead (CHS ’22), Jovany Contreras (CHS ’22), Alex De Anda Rodriquez (CHS ’22), Parker Dunn (CHS ’23), Eli Etheridge (CHS ’22), Gideon Fortner (CHS ’23), Alexander Ghavamian (CHS ’23), Laney Gordon (CHS ’24), Ryan Grant (CHS ’23), Chelsea Harris (CHS ’22), Dannyell Hendrix (CHS ’22), Aislen Hernandez (CHS ’22), Ryan Hillhouse (CHS ’24), Bryce Kresho (CHS ’22), Ricky Le (CHS ’22), Joseph Loh (CHS ’24), Justice Mason (CHS ’22), Alana McCoy (CHS ’24), Zachary McKnight (CHS ’23), Rylee Moore (CHS ’22), Cindy Muniz (CHS ’25), Jacob Peace (CHS ’22), Aniya Perry (CHS ’22), Dillon Sanford (CHS ’24), Gabe Self (CHS ’24), Destiny Smith (CHS ’22), Lily Taylor (CHS ’24), Kelli Young (CHS ’22), Deborah Ajao (WHS ’24), Lainey Baker (WHS ’22), Victoria Barbosa (WHS ’22), Erica Boatner (WHS ’22), Kimberly Braun (WHS ’22), Erin Bollwerk (WHS ’22), Leanora Brown (WHS ‘24), Abigayle Cates (WHS ’23), Tessa Ciavarro (WHS ’22), Parker Collins (WHS ’24), Shawn Davis (WHS ’23), Heaven Dennis (WHS ‘24), Peyton Dorn (WHS ’24), Ellie Eanes (WHS ’22), Jhon Gordon (WHS ’22), Alana Hennon (WHS ’22), Emily Higdon (WHS ’22), Gabriel Hull (WHS ’22), Adria Kalsi (WHS ’22), Christian Koontz (WHS ’24), Mason Lawson (WHS ’23), Savannah Lawson (WHS ’22), Rylee Leachman (WHS ’22), Esteban Martinez (WHS ’23), Kassidy McCool (WHS ’22), Mackenzie Miller (WHS ’24), Mya Moffit (WHS ’22), Marcus Muriithi (WHS ’24), Serena N’guessan (WHS ’22), Shanice N’guessan (WHS ’22), Faith Owens (WHS ’24), Haylee Roach (WHS ’22), Raegan Rothman (WHS ’23), Hunter Sennett (WHS ’23), Chloe Smith (WHS ’22), Matthew Stone (WHS ’22), Andrew Thayer (WHS ’23), Mason Tucker (WHS ’22), Camber Wallace (WHS ’23), Reagan Weightman (WHS ’24), Ava Whatley (WHS ’24), Gracie Williams (WHS ’24), Kyler Williams (WHS ’22), and Anthony Zhang (WHS ’23).
“We also recognize Bartow County School System AP Teachers with Distinction because their rigorous classroom instruction and support is tremendous to the success of these intellectually gifted students,” said Paula Camp, director of Advanced Learning, STEM, and Gifted Programs. “More than 80 percent of their AP students took the AP exams, and of those, more than half scored a three or higher on it! Our AP Teachers with Distinction include: Katy Carder (AHS AP Calculus), Jayme Laney (AHS AP Studio Art), Kaylie Noe (AHS AP Spanish), Rachel Queen (AHS AP Seminar), Robby Stone (AHS AP Literature), Kristi Sylvester (AHS AP Biology), Micaela Armona (CHS AP Literature), Cecilia Betancourt (CHS AP Spanish), Kevin Busse (CHS AP Macroeconomics), Jacquelyn Brennan (WHS AP Physics), David Condon (WHS AP Environmental Science), Dom D’Agostino (WHS AP Seminar), Lori Howe (WHS AP Spanish), Dana Hunt (WHS AP Biology), Kelly Hunter (WHS AP European & AP World History), Catherine Johnson (WHS AP Art 2D & AP Drawing), Cheri Kienitz (WHS AP Human Geography), Tim Morris (WHS AP Literature), Kris Norris (WHS AP Calculus), and India Williams-Rakestraw (WHS AP Language).”