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Media Advisory For Immediate Release
February 7, 2007
Collegiate named top ranked school in AP Art History
National College Board to feature Collegiate
in 2007 AP Report to Nation
LOUISVILLE, KY. – Louisville Collegiate
School is proud to announce that the College Board, the non-profit
that administers the Advanced Placement (AP) Program, has
named the 91-year-old coeducational institution the nation’s
top ranking school in AP Art History.
Collegiate’s AP Art History participation
rate and test scores are featured in the 2007 AP Report to
the Nation. The report, located at www.apcentral.collegeboard.com,
uses a combination of state, national, and AP Program data
in new ways to provide each state, as well as the nation as
a whole, with a context for celebrating successes, understanding
challenges, and setting meaningful and data-driven goals to
connect more students to college success.
“It’s a remarkable achievement
for Collegiate to have one of its 17 AP courses recognized
as a model that schools worldwide can emulate to successfully
prepare students in AP Art History,” Head of Upper School
Scott Prince said. “This latest accomplishment, coupled
with our annual college admission and scholarship successes,
speaks to the rigorous college preparatory environment Collegiate’s
mission provides.”
Cindy Brundige, in her 19th year at Collegiate,
teaches AP Art History to juniors and seniors. Of her students
who took the AP Art History exam last May, 97 percent of the
Art History students scored a 3 or higher, 74 percent scored
4 or higher, and 35 percent scored a 5 (the highest possible
score). The average score for all Collegiate students was
a 4.032.
The AP Report to the Nation identifies Collegiate
as a school that leads "the nation in helping the widest
segment of its total school population achieve an exam grade
of 3 or higher in AP Art History." Collegiate is considered
a "small-size" school because it has less than 300
students in grades 10-12. Park Tudor School in Indianapolis
was named the medium-size school (300-799 students) and Montgomery
High School in Skillman, NJ was named the large-size school
(800-plus students).
According to the Chief Reader's commentary
from the report on student performance on the Art History
AP Exam, "Students must be able to take bodies of knowledge
and draw inferences from thoughtful comparisons -- not just
visual, but historical, cultural, and functional comparisons."
Emory University freshman and 2006 Collegiate
graduate Julian Snow was one of the students in Brundige’s
class.
“I really enjoyed having her as a teacher.
Everyone respected her for her knowledge of the material and
her genuine desire to see us learn and do as well as possible,”
Snow said. “She constantly kept us interested with facts
that were beyond the readings and kept the class fun by adding
comedic anecdotes. The students knew how much she prepared
for each class based on the amount of notes she typed up,
but the real reason we all did so well can be directly attributed
to her massive review guides and diligence in organizing,
grading and commenting on review quizzes.”
Snow recently overheard Emory students reviewing
for their art history final. “I knew just as much as
students who had just learned the material after I hadn't
seen the material for six months. I can honestly say that
I have never learned, retained, and enjoyed as much in one
class as I did at Collegiate in Ms. Brundige’s art history
class.”
Snow is one of numerous Collegiate students
recognized last fall by the College Board as an AP Scholar.
Thirty-eight Collegiate students earned the designation of
AP Scholar or better by the College Board in recognition of
their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced
Placement (AP) Program Exams taken in May 2006. Of the current
seniors (Class of 2007), 61 percent qualified as AP Scholars
or better.
Brundige, who has a B.S. and M.A. from the
University of Alabama, is a master teacher, Prince said.
“By setting high standards for her
students, bringing passion to her field of study and pursuing
professional development opportunities, she creates a classroom
learning atmosphere that brings the best out of her charges,”
he said.
Established in 1915, Louisville Collegiate
School is a college-preparatory independent school for students
from kindergarten through 12th grade located in The Highlands.
PRESS CONTACT:
Terry Sebastian
Director of Marketing, Public Relations
Louisville Collegiate School
Work: (502)479-0376
Fax (502) 479-0394
E-mail: tsebastian@loucol.com
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