Parker students score high on AP exams
Parker School’s Advanced Placement test results for the 2013-14 school year resulted in a 98 percent pass rate.
Approximately 41 Parker students took AP tests and the 98 percent reflects the percentage of those students who received a score of three or higher. AP test scores range from one to five, with five being highest. A score of three or higher indicates a passing score.
The state average pass rate is 53.4 percent and the global average is 61.3 percent. Of the 71 total AP exams taken by the 41 Parker students last school year, 67 were scored at a three or higher, resulting in a 94 percent pass rate of all AP tests taken.
Parker 2014 graduates Malia Davis, Marie Jobes, Kyley Nishimura and Emily Whitfield were listed as AP Scholars; 2014 graduate Grant Nair and current Parker seniors Luke Potter and Maia Tarnas were listed as AP Scholars with Honor; 2014 graduates Breanna Bellatti, Tawny Bright, Lysha Matsunobu and Maddison Nelson were named AP Scholars with Distinction; and Lysha Matsunobu was named National AP Scholar.
Pauahi Keiki Scholars sessions planned
Lehua Kaulukukui of Kamehameha Schools will provide information sessions about the Pauahi Keiki Scholars program at Hawaii Montessori School’s Kona and Waimea campuses. The sessions will begin at 5 p.m. and will be held in Kona on Monday and in Waimea on Tuesday.
Children of Hawaiian ancestry born in 2009, 2010 or 2011 may qualify for financial assistance through Pauahi Keiki Scholars. The program helps families with tuition costs so they can send their children to a preschool from Kamehameha Schools’ collaborating schools list.
For more information, visit hawaiimontessori.org or call 329-0700 or 885-7683.