480 students honored with AP Scholar Awards
Among the Class of 2025, 480 graduates have been honored with Advanced Placement Scholar Awards.
Fifteen earned the distinguished AP Capstone Diploma, the School District of Lee County said in a release issued today.
The AP Capstone Diploma program “helps students develop critical thinking, research, collaboration, and presentation skills that are essential to academic success.” To receive the AP Capstone Diploma, students must earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar, AP Research, and on four additional AP® Exams of their choice.
Class of 2025 AP Capstone Diploma recipients are:
• Cypress Lake High School
Margaret Borst
Kinsey Couse
Ezekiel Dube-Garrett
Addison Herman
Sarah Johnson
Jaden Jones
Ariya King
Daniel Portillo-Chavez
Amy Seaton
Sophia Westland
• Estero High School
Matthew Ortiz-Fuentes
• Fort Myers High School
Ivan Yu
• Mariner High School
Cohen Bell
Annika Copple
Lily Dimurro
Margaret Borst at Cypress Lake High School also earned the AP International Diploma. The APID recognizes high school students applying to universities outside the country and certifies outstanding academic excellence with a global perspective.
The AP Program Scholar Award recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP Exams. AP Scholar Awards have three levels: Scholar, Scholar with Honor, and Scholar with Distinction.
Students at 11 high schools were recognized.
• Cape Coral High School
73 AP Scholar Awards
24 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
37 Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Cypress Lake High School
27 AP Scholar Awards
5 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
22 Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Dunbar High School
10 AP Scholar Awards
4 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
8 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Estero High School
3 AP Scholar Awards
1AP Scholar with Honor Awards
1 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Fort Myers High School
77 AP Scholar Awards
40 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
60 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Ida S. Baker High School
1 AP Scholar Awards
Island Coast High School
3 AP Scholar Awards
1 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
• Lee Virtual School
1AP Scholar Awards
1 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Mariner High School
16 AP Scholar Awards
3 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
4 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
• North Fort Myers High School
5 AP Scholar Awards
3 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
2 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
• Riverdale High School
18 AP Scholar Awards
6 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
5 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Two students at Cypress Lake High School and two at Mariner High School earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate. The AP Seminar and Research Certificate demonstrates to prospective universities that students have developed college-level academic and research skills.
More information about the School District’s advanced program offerings is available online at https://www.leeschools.net/parent_portal/advanced_academics_steam.