Whiz Kids: Grayslake High School Students Receive AP Scholar Awards

Whiz Kids:

District 127 announced that 116 students at Grayslake Central and 81 students at Grayslake North have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams taken last spring.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing 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. 

Whiz Kids' Accomplishments:

These Grayslake students are among the top 18 percent of the more than 1.8 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. In District 127, students achieved at the following levels:

• 7 students at Central and 9 students at North qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average score of 4 or higher on a five point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. 
• 45 students at Central and 26 students at North qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
• 23 students at Central and 26 students at North qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by 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.
• 48 students at Central and 29 students at North qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher.

Of this year’s award recipients at Central, 43 are sophomores or juniors. At North, 26 are sophomores or juniors.  These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher level AP Scholar Award.

Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admission process.