{"id":295617,"date":"2019-03-18T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=295617"},"modified":"2019-03-18T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T20:00:13","slug":"mcs-ap-class-earns-female-diversity-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-ap-class-earns-female-diversity-award\/","title":{"rendered":"MCS AP class earns female diversity award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mount Carmel School\u2019s Computer Science Principles course instructor Filmah Buenaflor, left, mentors senior Reica Ramirez through a project for the course. (Contributed Photo)
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Mount Carmel School has earned the first College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. <\/p>\n

Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls\u2019 access in AP Computer Science courses. <\/p>\n

Out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, MCS is one of only 685 to accomplish this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re honored by this recognition and are proud of our female students studying computer science for their achievements,\u201d said school president Galvin Deleon Guerrero. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to continuing to provide our female students with access to AP Computer Science courses to help prepare a more diverse workforce in critical STEM jobs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Filmah Buenaflor, the school\u2019s Computer Science course instructor, was honored by the recognition. \u201cI am really happy with this honor given to our school in celebration of Women\u2019s History Month. It means our effort paid off and it serves as an inspiration to strive more.\u201d She acknowledged the school\u2019s leadership team for supporting new programs and new initiatives, as well as professor Jen Rosato of Mobile CSP in Minnesota and Connecticut, the only NSF-funded program \u201cthat opened their doors to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have either 50 percent or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school\u2019s female population. Only 490 schools earned the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for AP Computer Science Principles.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy inviting many more young women to advanced computer science classrooms, Mount Carmel School has taken a significant step toward preparing all students for the widest range of 21st-century opportunities,\u201d said Trevor Packer, the College Board\u2019s senior vice president of the AP Program. \u201cWe hope this inspires many other high schools to engage more female students in AP Computer Science and prepare them to drive innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AP Computer Science Principles course launch in 2016 was the largest in Program history. AP Computer Science Principles has promoted the growth of AP computer science in high schools. AP computer science course participation increased 135 percent since 2016, broadening STEM career opportunities for more students. The number of female, rural, and underrepresented minority students taking AP computer science exams has more than doubled in that period.<\/p>\n

Providing female students with access to computer science courses contributes to gender parity in the industry\u2019s high-paying jobs and drives innovation, creativity, and competition. According to UNESCO\u2019s Institute of Statistics data, less than 30 percent of the world\u2019s researchers are women; in North America and Western Europe, it\u2019s just 32 percent. Research shows women are more likely to pursue computer science if they\u2019re given the opportunity to explore it in high school.\u00a0(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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