The School District of Lee County is proud to announce that 480 students from the Class of 2025 have been honored with Advanced Placement Scholar Awards. Fifteen of those students earned the distinguished AP Capstone Diploma. The AP Capstone Diploma program helps students develop critical thinking, research, collaboration, and presentation skills that are essential to academic success.
To receive the AP Capstone Diploma, students must earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar, AP Research, and on four additional AP® Exams of their choice. Class of 2025 AP Capstone Diploma recipients are:
Cypress Lake High School
- Margaret Borst
- Kinsey Couse
- Ezekiel Dube-Garrett
- Addison Herman
- Sarah Johnson
- Jaden Jones
- Ariya King
- Daniel Portillo-Chavez
- Amy Seaton
- Sophia Westland
Estero High School
Fort Myers High School
Mariner High School
- Cohen Bell
- Annika Copple
- Lily Dimurro
Margaret Borst at Cypress Lake High School also earned the AP International Diploma. The APID recognizes high school students applying to universities outside the country and certifies outstanding academic excellence with a global perspective.
The AP Program Scholar Award recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP Exams. AP Scholar Awards have three levels: Scholar, Scholar with Honor, and Scholar with Distinction. Students at 11 high schools were recognized.
Cape Coral High School
- 73 AP Scholar Awards
- 24 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 37 Scholar with Distinction Awards
Cypress Lake High School
- 27 AP Scholar Awards
- 5 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 22 Scholar with Distinction Awards
Dunbar High School
- 10 AP Scholar Awards
- 4 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 8 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Estero High School
- 3 AP Scholar Awards
- 1 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 1 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Fort Myers High School
- 77 AP Scholar Awards
- 40 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 60 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Ida S. Baker High School
Island Coast High School
- 3 AP Scholar Awards
- 1 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
Lee Virtual School
- 1 AP Scholar Awards
- 1 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Mariner High School
- 16 AP Scholar Awards
- 3 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 4 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
North Fort Myers High School
- 5 AP Scholar Awards
- 3 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 2 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Riverdale High School
- 18 AP Scholar Awards
- 6 AP Scholar with Honor Awards
- 5 AP Scholar with Distinction Awards
Two students at Cypress Lake High School and two at Mariner High School earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate. The AP Seminar and Research Certificate demonstrates to prospective universities that students have developed college-level academic and research skills.
More information about the School District’s advanced program offerings