The following students earned the designation of AP Scholar from the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams. AP Scholars are students who have earned a grade of three or higher on three or more AP exams.

Warren Carter, a senior from Winchester, Virginia

Sarah Dillon, of Ashburn, a 2004 graduate now attending the University of Virginia

James Dunn, of Leesburg, a 2004 graduate now attending the United States Air Force Academy

Maura Galbraith, of Winchester, a 2004 graduate now attending the University of Notre Dame

Kayleigh Hearn, of Leesburg, a 2004 graduate now attending Christopher Newport University

Marissa Niemeyer, of Reston, a 2004 graduate now attending Randolph Macon Women's College

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 17 percent of the more than one million high school students in almost 15,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.