Forsyth County High Schools Honored As 2022 AP Honor Schools

Cumming GA

05 April, 2022

12:00 PM

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CUMMING, GA — Several Forsyth County schools have been named to lists of top AP honors schools in Georgia. State Superintendent Richard Woods recently named 239 Advanced Placement Honor Schools across Georgia for 2022. "We are committed to expanding opportunities for Georgia students, including in advanced and accelerated coursework," Woods said. "I offer my sincere congratulations to each of this year's AP Honor Schools, and thank each teacher, student, and school leader who worked hard to create strong AP opportunities in these Georgia schools." The 2022 AP Honor Schools are named in eight categories, based on the results of 2021 AP courses and exams. Several high schools in Forsyth County made some lists, including: AP Expansion Schools: AP schools with 25 percent growth in AP student participation from May 2020 to May 2021 and a minimum of 25 students testing in May 2020.Alliance Academy For InnovationAP Humanities Schools: Schools with a minimum of five students testing in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course.Denmark High SchoolForsyth Central High SchoolLambert High SchoolNorth Forsyth High SchoolSouth Forsyth High SchoolWest Forsyth High SchoolAP Humanities Achievement Schools: AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50 percent of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.Denmark High SchoolForsyth Central High SchoolLambert High SchoolNorth Forsyth High SchoolSouth Forsyth High SchoolWest Forsyth High SchoolAP Schools of Distinction: Schools with at least 20 percent of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50 percent of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.Alliance Academy For InnovationDenmark High SchoolForsyth Central High SchoolLambert High SchoolNorth Forsyth High SchoolSouth Forsyth High SchoolWest Forsyth High SchoolAP STEM Schools: Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses. (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles)Alliance Academy For InnovationDenmark High SchoolForsyth Central High SchoolLambert High SchoolNorth Forsyth High SchoolSouth Forsyth High SchoolWest Forsyth High SchoolAP STEM Achievement Schools: AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.Alliance Academy For InnovationDenmark High SchoolForsyth Central High SchoolLambert High SchoolNorth Forsyth High SchoolSouth Forsyth High SchoolWest Forsyth High School AP exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP courses are one of several ways Georgia students can access college-level learning at the high school level; students who receive a 3, 4, or 5 on an AP exam may receive college credit. GaDOE began recognizing AP Honor Schools in 2008.