AP (Advanced Placement) NIGHT

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AP (Advanced Placement)NIGHT

• Northview High School
• Thursday, January 24th
• 600 PM

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AGENDA

• 600-610pm presentation in classrooms
• Students and their parents should visit the
  various AP classes they may be interested in.
• Welcome and directions for the evening will take
  place in Session one over the intercom
• Overview of the AP Program at Northview by
  Tiffany Butera, Curriculum Director

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AGENDA

• 610-735 p.m.
• Students and their parents should visit the
  various AP classes they may be interested in.
• Presentations will be made every 10 minutes with
  5 minutes travel time between sessions.
• You should be able to visit up to 6 AP
  presentations this evening.
• If you would like information about a class that
  you did not have an opportunity to see, please
  contact the subject area teacher in the next few
  days.

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AGENDA

• If a class fills up for that session, you will
  need to attend another session later in the
  evening. Signs will be posted if a room is filled
  to capacity.
• Certain subject sessions will only be presented a
  few times so please check the presentation
  schedule carefully so that you do not miss out.
• Some subjects have more than one teacher listed.
  Both rooms will be giving out identical
  information so choose the room with more seating.

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AP SESSIONS

• 600---620 AP Presentation 1
  
• 625---635 AP Presentation 2
• 640---650 AP Presentation 3
• 655---705 AP Presentation 4
• 710---720 AP Presentation 5
• 725---735 AP Presentation 6
• This is an approximate schedule of the
  presentations.
• If we do not start at 600 due to unforeseen
  circumstances, we will
• adjust the times accordingly. You will be
  released over the public
• address system.

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Advanced Placement (AP)Description

• Program of college courses and exams for
  secondary school students which have been
  administered nationally since 1955 by the College
  Board
• AP courses make it possible for academically
  talented high school students to upgrade the
  quality and increase the challenge of their
  studies
• Essentially, AP courses allow students to pursue
  college-level studies while still in high school.

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Advanced Placement (AP)The Exam

• AP Exams are administered in May (scored between
  1 5)
• Many colleges give advanced standing and/or
  credit.
• Students earning a 3 or higher usually earn
  college credit or exemptions from required
  classes.
• To investigate a colleges AP Policy, visit
  www.collegeboard.com/ap/creditpolicy
• Examination fees for the exam(s) are usually
  funded by the state.
• All students are required to take the test if
  state funding is provided.

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Advanced Placement (AP)Courses offered at NHS -
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• AP European History
• AP French Language
• AP German Language
• AP Human Geography
• AP LatinVergil
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Physics B
• AP Physics C
• AP Psychology
• AP Spanish Lang
• AP Statistics
• AP U.S. History
• AP World History

• AP Art History
• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP Chinese Language
• AP Government/Comparative
• AP Government/Politics US
• AP Computer Science A
• AP Drawing Portfolio
• AP 2-D Design
• AP 3-D Design
• AP English Language - Juniors
• AP English Literature - Seniors
• AP Environmental Science

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Advanced Placement (AP)Courses offered at NHS

• See course descriptions and prerequisites on
  Northviews website www.northviewhigh.com
• Students must complete an AP Commitment Contract
  (available tonight from each AP teacher).

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Advanced Placement (AP)Courses offered at NHS

• Students must understand the following
• The fee for the AP exam MAY OR MAY NOT be funded
  by the state or county.
• AP courses require in-depth study and a
  willingness to go beyond usual class requirements
  and preparation (including summer reading). The
  student must be willing to invest the time and
  effort.
• The student is making a commitment, and if the
  student is accepted into an AP class, he/she WILL
  NOT BE ALLOWED TO DROP THE CLASS.

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Advanced Placement (AP)Courses offered at NHS

• Students must understand the following
• Students with low first semester grades may not
  be eligible to drop the course at the end of the
  semester due to seat availability.
• Students with a second semester unweighted final
  grade that falls below the prerequisite grade for
  this course will be removed prior to the fall
  2013 semester.

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AP Commitment Forms

• ALL AP Commitment Forms are due back to the AP
  Teacher on Thursday, January 31st for a student
  to be eligible for the course.
• Students who do not have the pre-requisite grade
  for the AP course with their Fall (Sem 1) grades,
  must still turn in the AP Commitment Form by the
  January 31st due date in order to be eligible to
  submit a wavier during the 4/18/13 to4/26/13 time
  frame
• Failure to turn in an AP Commitment Form by the
  January 31st deadline will make the student
  ineligible for enrollment in the AP class with
  our without a wavier.