By Stephanie Toone
March 2, 2016Peachtree Ridge High School has received top honors for the school’s efforts to make Advanced Placement (AP) classes inclusive and inciting excitement around AP coursework.
The Georgia Department of Education in a partnership with The College Board recently announced that the Suwanee high school won the inaugural AP Champion Award, which recognizes efforts toward removing barriers of access to AP, ensuring AP classes reflect the diversity of the school's population, illustrating creative approaches to building and sustaining a positive culture around AP coursework.
Peachtree Ridge was one of only five schools in the state to receive the honor.
Central High School (Carroll County), Dutchtown High School (Henry County), Carver High School (Muscogee County) and Islands High School (Savannah-Chatham County) also received the honor. Each school will receive a $500 stipend to spend on advancing their AP programming.
Peachtree Ridge's student body will be celebrating the award during this week's "Make Your Mark" student campaigns, assistant principal Molly McAulliffe told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"Over the past two years, Peachtree Ridge has implemented an additional annual goal of striving for our AP student population to represent the overall school demographics," McAuliffe said. “Again, we have harnessed the power of student leadership to encourage under-served student populations to take AP courses in higher numbers."
Stephanie has been telling stories her whole life. Her interest in the written word started with short stories and journal entries about run-ins with classroom bullies as a child and matured to writing for her high school newspaper over the years. She has written and edited for The Tennessean, Augusta Chronicle and American City & County.
Stephanie has been telling stories her whole life. Her interest in the written word started with short stories and journal entries about run-ins with classroom bullies as a child and matured to writing for her high school newspaper over the years. She has written and edited for The Tennessean, Augusta Chronicle and American City & County.