Lakewood Ranch High wins Advanced Placement class award

Madison Poythress- Mustangs Ahead

(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL) - Lakewood Ranch High School (LRHS) has earned a place on the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) School Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

In their notification to the school, the College Board recognized the “amazing students and teachers” that helped to achieve this award.

LRHS Principal Dustin Dahlquist said “This honor is a reward and recognition for the incredible efforts of our students and teachers”

Assistant Principal Jeanne Galindo supervises the school’s AP programs.

“The students and staff at our school are entirely responsible for our success. The students have created an academically competitive culture and the teachers have nurtured that pursuit of excellence,” she added.

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This award comes in bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. LRHS was awarded the silver placement by having 56 percent of its graduating class take at least one AP exam, as well as another 18 percent who took five or more AP exams.

This award is used to show the schools that have done an outstanding job to welcome students into AP courses and support them throughout the course.

LRHS was also recognized with the AP Access Award, honoring schools that support minority students to take AP courses.

AP officials said this award takes schoolwide effort, dedication from school staff, students, and parents.