News from Carroll Dragon AP Boosters

Carroll Dragon AP Boosters Newletter

March 2011

In This Issue

Senior Scholarships

2010 AP Exam Results

Upcoming AP Exams

Enrichment Grants

Study Abroad Scholarship Winner

Memory Seminar

Officers:

President

Sarah Stinnett

stinnet05@charter.net

Vice President

Regina Bumagny

Secretary

Tasha Siebach

Treasurer

Gina Aghili

Parliamentarian

Darla Edwards

Committee Chairs:

Fundraising

Judy Cummings

Shauna Newman

Membership

Danielle Hester

Newletter/

Communication

Kathy Mitchell

Board of Trustees

Liaison

Sue Armstrong

Volunteers

Tracy Korschun

Enrichment Grants

Marina Sloan

Scholarships

Leigh Ober

Quick Links...

www.dragonap.org

$1,000 College Scholarships

Now accepting applications for our

2011 College Scholarships for Graduating Seniors.

To Apply:

- complete an application, essay and publicity waiver.

Requirements:

- completion of at least one AP, Pre-AP or Honors Class.

- One letter of recommendation from an Honors, Pre-AP or AP teacher

- Submit a 500-550 word Narrative Essay (TYPED)

Scholarships will be awarded for $1,000 each. A check will be made out to the college you are enrolled in, for the year 2011.

Scholarship recipients will be announced and posted on www.dragonap.org on April 26th.

Deadline: all application materials must be mailed and Postmarked by April 1 2011.

Applications and publicity waivers are available at the

CSHS Counseling Office and on our web page www.dragonap.org

For more information please contact Sarah Stinnett at stinnett05@charter.net

2010 AP Exam Results

It is no surprise that Carroll ISD is known throughout the state and nationally for the exceptional educational opportunities provided to each student. The Advanced Placement (AP) Program continues this tradition by providing students the opportunity to take college level courses in a high school atmosphere.

Carroll Mean Scores Compared to State and National Mean Scores

AP Courses	CISD Mean 2009	Texas Mean 2009	National Mean 2009	CISD Mean 2010	Texas Mean 2010	National Mean 2010
Art History	3.04	2.48	2.73	3.18	2.66	2.89
Biology	3.61	2.32	2.70	3.58	2.30	2.63
Calculus AB	4.14	2.57	2.97	4.39	2.44	2.79
Calculus BC	3.35	3.40	3.70	4.74	3.57	3.84
Chemistry	3.13	2.41	2.77	3.27	2.34	2.72
Comp. Sci. A	4.40	2.87	3.03	3.25	2.90	3.14
Comp. Sci. AB	3.93	3.32	3.59
Econ-Mac	3.90	2.34	2.80	3.96	2.35	2.76
Econ-Mic	3.86	2.43	3.00	3.78	2.33	2.95
Eng Lang/Comp	3.60	2.53	2.87	3.92	2.59	2.91
Eng. Lit/Comp	3.81	2.60	2.83	3.77	2.58	2.82
Env. Sci.	3.17	2.43	2.59	3.26	2.38	2.61
European Hist.	4.00	3.11	2.92	3.86	3.05	2.86
French Lang.	3.25	2.14	2.63
Govt. & Polt. Comp.		2.96	3.03	2.00	2.65	2.96
Govt. & Polt. US	3.18	2.41	2.78	3.09	2.27	2.65
Human Geo.	4.13	2.56	2.56	3.50	2.45	2.46
Latin Vergil	3.20	2.98	3.03
Physics B	3.73	2.41	2.84	3.63	2.33	2.8
Physics C				4.33	3.11	3.42
Psychology	2.34	2.79	3.21	2.31	2.65	3.1
Spanish Lang.	2.27	3.26	3.31	3.46	3.32	3.38
Statistics	3.59	2.72	2.82	3.83	2.63	2.82
US History	3.76	2.30	2.72	3.72	2.26	2.72
World History	4.02	2.33	2.63	4.33	2.26	2.56
Art: 2-D Design				3.36	3.12	3.14
Art: Drawing				3.00	3.15	3.15
Chinese Language				5.00	4.60	4.56
Music Theory				1.50	2.89	3.03
Total Mean	3.59	2.57	2.88	3.73	2.54	2.84

Click here to view complete 2010 AP Scores

Upcoming AP Exams

Its AP Exam time and we need volunteers!

It can't really be spring unless we see our children cramming for their annual AP exams. Parents we need your help please. We need our AP Booster parents to proctor exams the first two weeks in May. What does this mean? You can volunteer your time at the Senior High School for several hours to distribute and collect exams, monitor the class for needs and concerns, and honestly, just be an adult in the room.

The exam schedule is below. If you are able to volunteer for one or more of the exams, please contact Tracy Korschun at: korschun@aol.com.

Week 1	Morning 8 a.m.	Afternoon 12 noon
Mon	Chemistry	Psychology
2-May	Environmental Science	Psychology
Tues	Computer Science A	Art History
3-May	Spanish Language	Art History
Wed	Calculus AB	Chinese Language & Culture
4-May	Calculus BC	Chinese Language & Culture
Thurs	English Literature & Composition	Japanese Language & Culture
5-May	English Literature & Composition	Latin: Vergil
Fri	German Language	European History
6-May	United States History	European History
	Studio Art-last day for Coordinators to submit digital portfolios (by 8 p.m. EDT) and to gather 2-D Design and Drawing students for the physical portfolio assembly
	Teachers should have forwarded students' completed digital portfolios to Coordinators before this date.

Week 2	Morning 8 a.m.	Afternoon 12 noon	Afternoon 2 p.m.
Mon	Biology	Physics B	Physics C:
9-May	Music Theory	Physics C: Mechanics	Electricity & Magnetism
Tues	United States Government & Politics	Comparative Government & Politics
10-May	United States Government & Politics	French Language
Wedn	English Language & Composition	Statistics
11-May	English Language & Composition	Statistics
Thurs	Macroeconomics	Microeconomics
12-May	World History	Microeconomics
Fri	Human Geography
13-May	Spanish Literature

Carroll AP Booster Club awards over $9000

in classroom enrichment grants!

The funds from your AP Booster membership and donations go to help Carroll students in AP, Pre-AP and honors classes. This school year, the AP Booster Club awarded $9073.22 in classroom enrichment grants! Grant money will be used to purchase greatly needed materials for the intermediate, middle and high schools. Some of the highlights of this year's grant funding are: Microscopes, Microscope Slides and a TI Calculator Teacher Kit for the middle school science programs; AP Word History and AP Art History text books for the high schools; and Science DVDs and Math books for the intermediate schools.

In addition to the teacher grants, the AP Boosters give several student scholarships, provide volunteers for AP testing dates, and provide several community programs for Carroll Advanced Academics students and families.

Thank you for your membership and generous support of the Carroll Advanced Academics Programs!

Carroll ISD Superintendent

Dr. David Faltys, AP Booster President Sarah Stinnett

CSHS Junior Devon Land

Wins Cheryl Shankman Study Abroad Scholarship

The Carroll AP Boosters proudly announce that the 2011 winner of the Cheryl Shankman Study Abroad Scholarship is Devon Land. Devon is a junior at CSHS. She will be traveling on the 2011 spring trip with AP Art History teacher Tim Johnston to study the art, architecture and culture of Italy.

This scholarship program was created to honor and remember a dear friend, colleague, educational advocate and past AP Booster President Cheryl Shankman. This scholarship program enables recipients to experience other cultures, inside and outside the classroom. In addition to completing the appropriate paperwork and obtaining a teacher recommendation letter, applicants wrote an essay expressing how their own personal experiences have uniquely prepared them for this travel opportunity and exploring what they expect to gain from this opportunity as they continue their education.

Congratulations Devon and Buono Viaggio!

Sarah Stinnett, Ron White, Ginny Bumagny

Our "How To Train Your Memory" seminar was a great success!

Thanks to memory expert Ron White for sharing his wisdom and insight on how to study efficiently to help get the best possible results in school, work or anything that requires the use of your memory.