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 to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 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.
Marianas High School’s 2010 valedictorian Darren Demapan 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. Two additional students, Dowen Jacson and Won Joo Kim, qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher.
Of this year’s award recipients at Marianas High School, Jocson is an incoming senior, and has 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 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 AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,600 colleges and universities annually receive AP grades. Over 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or placement for qualifying exam grades. 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.
The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,600 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement Program. The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns.
Rota occupant protection child restraint checkpoints
(DPS) — The Department of Public Safety will conduct occupant protection child restraint, or OP/CR, checkpoints on Rota on Sept. 27 and 30.
• Sept. 27
The first checkpoint will be held in Sinapalo I by San Isidro Church. It will start at 6:30 a.m. and end at 7:45 a.m.
• Sept. 30
The first checkpoint will be held along SF Highway by Pinatang Park. It will start at 6:30 a.m. and end at 7:45 a.m.
Each checkpoint will last at least one hour and 15 minutes at each location. This activity is part of the Department of Public Safety’s efforts to ensure that all vehicle occupants are protected.
Checkpoints are subject to be terminated if it begins to rain.
In addition, police officers will be conducting highway criminal interdictions, saturation patrol, aggressive driver interdictions, and laser activities.
For more information, contact Officer Jarrod T. Manglona or Officer Tito S. Hocog at 532-9433.
Retirees meeting
(CRA) — The Commonwealth Retirement Association is having a general membership meeting today, Sept. 23, at the multi-purpose center at 6 p.m.
Important matters will be discussed regarding the Retirement Fund. Those active employees with the government who are members of the Defined Benefit Plan are welcome to attend.
For more information, contact Juan M. Sablan at 287-5877.
Red flag on Managaha
(DEQ) — The Division of Environmental Quality is advising the public not to fish or swim within 300 feet of Managaha for the next 48 hours or until otherwise notified.
Water samples collected from nine sites at Managaha contained excessive concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria that exceeded the CNMI’s marine water quality standards.
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