SYCSD Earns Advanced Placement Honor Roll by the College Board

Southern York County School District has been recognized by the College Board and placed on the 6th Annual Advanced Placement^® (AP) District Honor Roll for its AP exam results. The District is one of 425 school districts from across the United States and Canada to be placed on the AP District Honor Roll, which awards districts for increasing access to AP course work, while also maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of three or greater on AP exams.  This is the second consecutive year the District has received this award.

During the 2014-15 school year, Susquehannock High School students participated in 371 AP exams and 84 percent of them scored a three or greater, according to Dr. Robert Bryson, Assistant Superintendent. Since 2012, the number of AP exams that students have taken increased by 52 percent, from 244 to 371 tests. Colleges and universities offer students credit in one or more subjects for qualifying AP scores.

“Our staff has made it a goal to offer as many students as possible the opportunity to take an AP course,” Dr. Bryson said. “The AP results are an indication of how successful the students and staff are at reaching this goal.”

“The devoted teachers and administrators in this District are delivering an undeniable benefit to their students – opportunity,” said Trevor Packer, the College Board’s Senior Vice President of AP and Instruction.  “When coupled with a student’s hard work, such opportunities can have myriad outcomes, whether building confidence, learning to craft effective arguments, earning credit for college, or persisting to graduate from college on time.”

These results are reflected in the hard work from students and the entire K-12 staff at Southern York County School District. “We are extremely proud of our students’ and teachers’ outstanding efforts in receiving this honor,” Superintendent Dr. Sandra Lemmon said. “We are also proud that as a District, we are able to provide students the opportunities to be challenged in such meaningful ways.”

For more information about the 6th Annual AP District Honor Roll, click here.