Ben Franklin High School Announces AP® Scholars

Benjamin Franklin High School is proud to announce that 123 students have earned Advanced Placement (AP®) Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program® provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school and earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. Approximately 18% of the 1.6 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.

Franklin is consistently recognized by the College Board as the top AP testing school in the southern region. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students' performance on AP Exams. Four (4) Franklin students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. These students are: Shyam Sathyamoorthi, Yuanyue Sun, Mobolaji Williams, and Fay Yang.

Fifty (50) 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 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Twenty-eight (28) 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 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Forty-five (45) students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing 3 or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.

Revised 10/23/2008