Ninety-two high school students in the Johnston County School system have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on 2009 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 1.6 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.

The following 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 these exams. These students are:

West Johnston High School:

Lindsey Anderson

Johnathon Carpenter

Briana Jackowski

Caitlin Judd

Erin Lineberger

Nicholas Perfetto

Kaitlyn Stover

Matthew Werno

The following 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 these exams.

West Johnston High School:

Kara Baughman

Lewis Braswell

William Higgins

Thomas Lineberger

James Pearson

Austin Tucker

Tyler Wallace

The following students have qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing 3 or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.

West Johnston High School

Lillian Beamon

Steven Blanton

Danielle Cuddington

Andera Cupit

Nicole Hadley

Aaron Hansard-Nixon

Ashley Harrell

Kelsey Hicks

Brittain Johnson

Andrew Kimball

Amanda Lazaro

Tyler May

Rebecca Meade

Jordan Moffett

Joseph Partin

Omar Perez

Christopher Rhodes

Luke Taylor

Stephanie Tolar

Jordan Wallace

Lakeshia Watson

Kristina Weeks

Georgina Wilde

Through 37 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. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that our exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation's leading liberal arts and research institutions. AP is accepted by more than 3,600 colleges and universities worldwide for college credit, advanced placement, or both on the basis of successful AP Exam grades. This includes more than 90 percent of four-year institutions in the United States. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.