Notification of Advanced Coursework Opportunities

AP Drawing is an introductory college-level drawing course. Students refine and apply drawing skills to ideas they develop throughout the course.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP Biology is an introductory college-level biology course. Students cultivate their understanding of biology through inquiry-based investigations as they explore topics like evolution, energetics, information storage and transfer, and system interactions.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation

AP Computer Science Principles is an introductory college-level computing course that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science. Students learn to design and evaluate solutions and to apply computer science to solve problems through the development of algorithms and programs. They incorporate abstraction into programs and use data to discover new knowledge. Students also explain how computing innovations and computing systems-including the internet-work, explore their potential impacts, and contribute to a computing culture that is collaborative and ethical.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP English Language and Composition is an introductory college-level composition course. Students cultivate their understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing, and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP English Literature and Composition is an introductory college-level literary analysis course. Students cultivate their understanding of literature through reading and analyzing texts as they explore concepts like character, setting, structure, perspective, figurative language, and literary analysis in the context of literary works.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

Students cultivate their understanding of the interrelationships of the natural world through inquiry-based lab investigations and field work as they explore concepts like the four Big Ideas; energy transfer, interactions between earth systems, interactions between different species and the environment, and sustainability.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP Research, the second course in the AP Capstone™ experience, allows students to deeply explore an academic topic, problem, issue, or idea of individual interest.

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Pre-Req - AP Seminar, Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP Seminar is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Students learn to investigate a problem or issue, analyze arguments, compare different perspectives, synthesize information from multiple sources, and work alone and in a group to communicate their ideas.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP Spanish Language and Culture is equivalent to an intermediate level college course in Spanish. Students cultivate their understanding of Spanish language and culture by applying interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication in real-life situations as they explore concepts related to family and communities, personal and public identities, beauty and aesthetics, science and technology, contemporary life, and global challenges.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP U.S. Government and Politics is an introductory college-level course in U.S. government and politics. Students cultivate their understanding of U.S. government and politics through analysis of data and text-based sources as they explore topics like constitutionalism, liberty and order, civic participation in a representative democracy, competing policy-making interests, and methods of political analysis.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP U.S. History is an introductory college-level U.S. history course. Students cultivate their understanding of U.S. history from c. 1491 CE to the present through analyzing historical sources and learning to make connections and craft historical arguments as they explore concepts like American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits

AP World History: Modern is an introductory college-level modern world history course. Students cultivate their understanding of world history from c. 1200 CE to the present through analyzing historical sources and learning to make connections and craft historical arguments as they explore concepts like humans and the environment, cultural developments and interactions, governance, economic systems, social interactions and organization, and technology and innovation.

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Interest Form, Parent/Teacher Recommendation, Guidance Recommendation, Selection based on class size and course section limits