The National College Board has named the Snoqualmie Valley School District and the Riverview School District to its AP District Honor Roll. Snoqualmie Valley has earned the award for the fifth year in a row. Riverview has earned it for the third year consecutive year.

This distinction recognizes districts for simultaneously increasing participation in Advanced Placement (AP) courses for a broader number of students while maintaining or improving the rate at which its AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP exam.

Snoqualmie Valley is among 14 districts in Washington and 547 districts nationwide to claim a spot on the 2014 District AP Honor Roll. It is the only school district in the state to earn the honor for the past five years, and one of only six in the U.S.

“For our district to have achieved this level of excellence for a fifth consecutive year is… a testament to the hard work and ambition of Mount Si High School students, teachers, and leadership,” said Snoqualmie Valley Superintendent Joel Aune. “For the past several years, Mount Si has been working diligently to expand opportunities for students to enroll in challenging, college-level course work that AP classes provide, while at the same time encouraging more students to broaden their thinking and have confidence to stretch themselves academically.”

Roni Rumsey, Riverview School District’s director of teaching and learning, commented on the accomplishment too.

“Each staff member should find pride in this announcement from preschool up through 12th grade,” said Rumsey. “Our students have been successful due to our hard-working AP teachers at Cedarcrest High School and the teachers these students have had the opportunity to work with throughout their educational career.”

Inclusion on the 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll is based on the culmination of three years of AP data, from 2012 to 2014, looking across AP exams, including world language and culture.