![Saint Mary’s earns College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1674684681/sms/kgbejkabkfbbupblgwzk/APCSAAward2022.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1674684681/sms/kgbejkabkfbbupblgwzk/APCSAAward2022.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1674684681/sms/kgbejkabkfbbupblgwzk/APCSAAward2022.jpg","width":625}])
Saint Mary's School in Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of 209 schools nationwide to have earned the 2022 College Board’s AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award, which recognizes schools that have expanded young women’s access to AP Computer Science A (CSA). Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have achieved either 50% or higher female exam taker representation in one of or both AP computer science courses, or a percentage of female computer science exam takers that meets or exceeds that of the school’s female population.
“Providing female students with access to computer science courses is critical to ensuring gender parity in the industry’s high-paying jobs and to drive innovation, creativity, and representation,” states the College Board announcement. “Studying computer science can open doors for students, giving them the tools to excel, and setting them up for high-paying careers, but girls have been left behind for far too long. That’s why College Board is honoring schools for expanding young women’s access to AP computer science classes and for the important steps they are taking to reach gender parity.”
Saint Mary’s also earned the award in 2020.