15 Mercy Education Member Schools Earn AP Computer Science Female Diversity Awards
Mercy Education announces that 15 member schools earned AP Computer Science Female Diversity Awards for the 2020-2021 school years. Four of those schools – Assumption High School (Louisville, Kentucky), Mercy High School (Farmington Hills, Michigan), Mount Saint Mary Academy (Watchung, New Jersey) and St. Mary Academy – Bay View (Riverside, Rhode Island) – were among just 61 schools in the country to earn a dual distinction for both AP Computer Science A (CSA) and AP Computer Science Principles (CSP).
The AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award honors schools that are closing the gap in computer science education and empowering young women to access STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) career opportunities.
“The Mercy Education Core Values reinforced and taught throughout the curriculum empowers students to be academically curious, and they are comfortable discussing their thoughts in a self-confident and dignified manner,” said Sr. Lisa Gambacorto, Directress, Mount Saint Mary Academy.
Eleven Mercy Education member schools earned one AP Female Diversity Award:
- For AP Computer Science A: Mercy High School (Burlingame, California) and Mercy High School (Middletown, Connecticut)
- For AP Computer Science Principles: Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall (Milford, Connecticut); Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School (Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania); Mercy High School (Baltimore, Maryland); Mercy High School (Omaha, Nebraska); Merion Mercy Academy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School (Chicago, Illinois); Our Lady of Mercy Academy (Syosset, New York) and Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women (Rochester, New York); Saint Catharine Academy (Bronx, New York).
Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have achieved either 50 percent 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.
