Astoria Schools Win Computer Science Female Diversity Award

By Maya Kaufman, Patch
January 26, 2021

ASTORIA, QUEENS — Two Astoria schools are among just over 1,100 high schools in the United States that have won recognition from the College Board for achieving equal gender representation in advanced-placement computer science classes.

The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria and Frank Sinatra High School of the Arts received the 2020 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving equal gender representation in AP computer science principles, the College Board announced Monday.

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