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2016-2017 f ox c hapel a rea s chool d istrict s tate of the s chools AP Test History Th e high school off ered 26 Advanced Placement (AP) courses during the 2016-2017 school year and many students take multiple courses. A total of 299 students completed 621 AP exams. More than 93 percent scored 3 or higher. Success on an AP exam is defi ned as an exam score of 3 or higher which represents the score point that research fi nds predictive of college success and college graduation. Th ese fi ndings have held consistent across the decades. fcAhS f ive -y eAr AP t eSt h iStory Total AP Students Number of Exams % of AP Students with Scores of 3+ 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 259 502 256 498 309 613 338 690 299 621 95.0 96.5 95.5 92.3 93.6 •Fox Chapel Area School District students raised more than $70,000 (a record- breaking total!) in the 27 th annual telethon. Over the last 27 years Fox Chapel Area students have raised more than $766,000 for various local and regional charities. The 2016 telethon raised money for Live Like Lou, which was founded by two parents (Suzanne and the late Neil Alexander) in the Fox Chapel Area School District to help ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease) patients and their families in Western Pennsylvania. % of t otAl AP S tudentS With S coreS of 3+ 100 96 95 95 90 94 92 80 70 68 60 69 61 61 68 68 61 60 67 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 Fox Chapel Area High School 2015 2016 Pennsylvania 2017 Global •Fox Chapel Area district administrators and teachers continue to earn national, state, and regional recognitions and be elected and appointed to both state and national positions. They are also invited to share their knowledge by making presentations at prestigious conferences and workshops. Fox Chapel Area | Fall 2017 | icmags.com 19