At Oakton High School, 21 students have earned the AP Capstone Diploma^™. Additionally, 6 students have earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate^™ during the 2023-24 school year. 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. To receive the AP Seminar and Research Certificate, students must earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research. Student participation in the AP Capstone program has been steadily increasing, with Over 100,000 students in over 2,500 schools worldwide taking part during the 2023-24 academic year. Approximately 21,000 students earned the AP Capstone Diploma, and 11,100 students earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate.

Unlike traditional AP subject exams with a single end-of-year assessment, AP Seminar and AP Research assessments are project based and evaluate skills mastery through group projects, presentations, and individual essays completed throughout the year. Instead of focusing on one specific academic discipline, AP Seminar and AP Research are interdisciplinary: Students are encouraged to create research projects based on topics of personal interest. Students are assessed on the critical thinking, research, collaboration, time management, and presentation skills needed to complete their projects. 

Please help us congratulate the following students for their accomplishments:

• Seliz Aktuglu - AP Capstone Diploma

• Jafita Asirvatham - AP Capstone Diploma 

• Saipriya Buddhavarapu - AP Capstone Diploma

• Eve Drew-Mazariegos - AP Capstone Diploma

• Sarah Eng - AP Capstone Diploma 

• Namith Gangireddyvari- AP Capstone Diploma

• Youjin Han - AP Capstone Diploma

• Leah Kaleb - AP Capstone Diploma

• Viraj Kamath - AP Capstone Diploma

• Sandra Le - AP Capstone Diploma

• Selin Mehmed - AP Capstone Diploma

• Sampriti Muthuswamy - AP Capstone Diploma

• Grace Park - AP Capstone Diploma

• Nithya Rajesh - AP Capstone Diploma

• Amy Sherrill - AP Capstone Diploma

• Kristen Shojinaga - AP Capstone Diploma

• Abhikhya Sripada - AP Capstone Diploma

• Angela Wadden - AP Capstone Diploma

• Ga Len Xia - AP Capstone Diploma

• Amber Zhang - AP Capstone Diploma

• Vincent Zhang - AP Capstone Diploma

• Christian Chamberland - AP Seminar and Research Certificate

• Alexis Chang - AP Seminar and Research Certificate

• Sahaj Kasturi - AP Seminar and Research Certificate

• Aura Lewis - AP Seminar and Research Certificate

• Ella Sedaghat - AP Seminar and Research Certificate

• Aditi Yadav - AP Seminar and Research Certificate