WEST ORANGE, NJ - Several West Orange High School students and graduates from the Class of 2022 and 2023 were recognized for outstanding performance in several AP Exams at a program held on May 16 in the Library Media Center. Students' names and their AP achievements will be engraved on permanent plaques outside the LMC .
The success and scope of the AP programs at WOHS continues to grow. Offering more AP classes than many other schools in Essex County, the AP program provides college-level courses and credit to students who receive scores of 3, 4, or 5 in chosen AP Classes. Acting Superintendent Hayden Moore, Principal Oscar Guerrero, Assistant Principal Annette Towson, and Assistant Principal Lesley Chung were on hand to greet students, faculty, and guests, which opened with a performance by the WOHS String Ensemble.
Current AP offerings at West Orange High School include:
- AP Italian
- AP Calculus
- AP US History
- AP Government and Politics
- AP French
- AP Psychology
- AP Statistics
- AP World History
- AP Language and Composition
- AP Literature and Composition
- AP Music Theory
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Physics C: Mechanics and E and M
- AP Computer Science A
- AP Chinese
- AP Spanish Language and AP Spanish Literature
- AP Biology
- AP Environmental Science
- AP Studio Art 2-D
The categories and requirements for recognition are:
- Outstanding Academic Performance: recognizes students who received scores of 5 in one or more AP exams. (West Orange High School created this recognition.)
- AP Scholar: Granted to students who received grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams.
- AP Scholar with Honors: granted to students who received an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more exams.
- AP Scholar with Distinction: Granted to students who received an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams and grades of 3 or higher on 4 or more exams.
- National AP Scholar: Granted to students in the United States who received an average grade of at least 4 on all AP exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
SEE THE AP PROGRAM HERE.
SEE THE FULL LIST OF STUDENTS AND THEIR RECOGNITIONS HERE.
SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE PROGRAM HERE.
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