Several teachers of advanced placement courses at Salisbury High School were honored at the Feb. 21 curriculum and technology committee meeting. Honored were Joe Pacitti, AP Language and Composition; Katie Miller, AP US History; Michael Barna, AP World History; Susan Wilson, AP Biology, Carla Pacitti, AP Literature and Composition; John Wagner, AP Calculus and Sherry Wetherhold, AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.

SHS is one of 447 school districts in the United States and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the eighth Annual AP® District Honor Roll.

To be included on the annual honor roll, SHS had to increase the number of students participating in AP while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP exam scores of three or higher.

College Board said reaching these goals shows SHS is successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are ready for AP.

“Congratulations to all the educators and administrators in this district who have worked to clear a path for more students of all backgrounds to participate and succeed in AP,” Trevor Packer, head of AP and instruction said. “These educators and administrators are fostering a culture in their schools and classrooms that allows students to face new challenges and build the confidence to succeed.”

Inclusion in the eighth annual AP District Honor Roll is based on a review of three years of AP data, from 2015 to 2017, looking across 38 AP Exams, including world language and culture. The following criteria were used.

Districts must:

•Increase participation/access to AP by at least 4 percent in large districts, at least 6 percent in medium districts and at least 11 percent in small districts;

•Increase or maintain the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students taking exams and increase or maintain the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students scoring 3 or higher on at least one AP Exam; and

•Improve or maintain performance levels when comparing the 2017 percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher to the 2015 percentage, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which more than 70 percent of its AP students earn a 3 or higher.

The complete honor roll can be found at https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/score-reports-data/awards/honor-roll.