AP/Honors Night AP/Honors Night

WELCOME!WELCOME!

What is the Honors and What is the Honors and Advanced Placement Advanced Placement

Program?Program?

We offer nine Honors classes We offer nine Honors classes across the English, Social across the English, Social Studies, Science, and Math Studies, Science, and Math departmentsdepartments

We offer 18 AP classes We offer 18 AP classes

across all departmentsacross all departments

What are Honors classes like?

These classes have a more rigorous and challenging curriculum than non-honors classes.

A strong work ethic and high level of motivation is expected of students.

Although honors classes do have an increased workload and are more advanced, most honors courses do not receive a weighted grade.

These classes also help prepare students for future AP classes.

What are AP classes like? AP courses are designed and updated annually to

reflect what is being taught in cutting-edge college courses.

Students receive an external evaluation—the AP Exam—which is scored by college faculty and high school teachers from around the world who verify that the student has mastered college-level studies.

Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) courses give you a head start

on college.

Taking the end-of-course AP Exam sends a powerful message to colleges and universities that a student is ready for them, and can enable students to gain admission, college credit, and placement into advanced courses.

Prepare to Succeed in Prepare to Succeed in CollegeCollege

AP Courses can help you acquire the AP Courses can help you acquire the skills and habits you’ll need to be skills and habits you’ll need to be successful in college. You’ll improve successful in college. You’ll improve your writing skills, sharpen your your writing skills, sharpen your problem-solving abilities, and problem-solving abilities, and develop time management skills.develop time management skills.

Most four-year colleges give Most four-year colleges give students credit, advanced placement students credit, advanced placement or both on the basis of AP Exam or both on the basis of AP Exam scores. By entering college with AP scores. By entering college with AP credits, you’ll have the time to move credits, you’ll have the time to move into upper level courses, pursue a into upper level courses, pursue a double-major or study abroad.double-major or study abroad.

Why should I take Why should I take the AP Exam even if I’m not looking to

earn credit or placement?Stand out in the admissions

processEarn academic scholarships

and awardsExperience a college-level testBe a step ahead

In 2012… 497 Culver students took a total

of 917 exams. 71% earned a score of 3 or

higher. (The comparable in rate in California is 64%)

“Success” on an AP exam is defined as a score of 3 or higher, which represents the score point that research finds predictive of college success and college graduation.

Financial AidFinancial Aid

Currently, AP Exams are approximately $92 per test.

There is extensive financial aid available for those families falling below the federal income poverty level.

Summer Work for Honors Summer Work for Honors and AP Classesand AP Classes

Must be completed by all students by registration (middle of August).

Applies toward fall semester grade. Will be posted by the middle of June on

the high school website (cchs.ccusd.org). Helps to maintain skills during summer

break. Important for AP classes which have a lot

of content to cover and little time.

English DepartmentEnglish Department

HONORS ENGLISH 9 HONORS ENGLISH 10 AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE (11) AP ENGLISH LITERATURE (12)

Social Studies DepartmentSocial Studies Department

HONORS GLOBAL ISSUES 9 AP EUROPEAN HISTORY AP UNITED STATES

HISTORY AP US GOVERNMENT AP MACROECONOMICS

Science DepartmentScience Department

HONORS BIOLOGY HONORS CHEMISTRY HONORS PHYSICS AP BIOLOGY AP CHEMISTRY AP PHYSICS C

Math DepartmentMath Department

HONORS GEOMETRY HONORS ALGEBRA II HONORS TRIGONOMETRY &

MATH ANALYSIS AP CALCULUS AB AP CALCULUS BC AP STATISTICS

Modern Languages Modern Languages DepartmentDepartment

AP SPANISH LANGUAGE (IV)

AP SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE (V)

AP JAPANESE V

Art DepartmentArt Department

AP STUDIO ART: 2-D DESIGN

AP STUDIO ART: DRAWING