For the 4th year in a row, every student in this teacher's calculus class aced their AP test


Iswari Natarajan gets an A+ when it comes to preparing her students.
Natarajan teaches calculus at St. Mary's Academy, an all-girls high school in Englewood, Colorado. Over the last four years, every single one of her students has received a five on the Advanced Placement test, the highest score possible. Natarajan said she focuses on building their confidence and doesn't want them to ever feel pressure. "We are here to learn calculus, and having fun along the way was most important," she told CBS Denver.
The scores for this year came out in July, and "I did a double take to see every student got a five," she said. Students can receive college credit for taking AP tests, and student Anna Jonsen said she "screamed" and "cried" when she found out her score. Without Natarajan, Jonsen doesn't know how she would have done on the test. "She got us here," Jonsen said. "She really helped us."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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