The Georgia Department of Education and State Superintendent Richard Woods recently announced the list of 2022 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools. Lassiter , which includes all 16 traditional high school in the Cobb County School District. 

“We are committed to expanding opportunities for Georgia students, including in advanced and accelerated coursework,” Superintendent Woods said. “I offer my sincere congratulations to each of this year’s AP Honor Schools, and thank each teacher, student, and school leader who worked hard to create strong AP opportunities in these Georgia schools.”

Lassiter was one of five Cobb high schools to earn honors in five categories, including:

• AP School of Distinction (Schools with at least 20% of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.) 
• AP Humanities School (Schools with a minimum of five students testing in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course.)  
• AP Humanities Achievement School (AP Humanities schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.) 
• AP STEM School (Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses. (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles)) 
• AP STEM Achievement Schools (AP STEM schools (see above definition) with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.)