Bayshore High School Advanced Placement Parent Night

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Bayshore High School Advanced Placement Parent
Night
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Purposes

• Information on the AP program at BHS
• A description of the workload expected in an AP
  course
• Resources that are available to assist students
  in AP courses
• Ways in which parents can help students in their
  AP courses
• An opportunity to talk with individual teachers
  and ask questions about the AP Program and classes

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Advanced Placement Program?

• College-level courses taught in high schools by
  high school teachers
• 37 courses offered nationally
• BHS offers 13 courses, based on student
  interest. (15 were taken during the 2006-07
  school year).
• Over 2 million exams offered nationally in 2007.
• BHS gave 118 exams in 2007 and will give
  approximately 130 in 2008

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Advanced Placement Program

• AP teachers use college-level materials and
  course descriptions developed by a committee of
  college faculty and AP teachers.
  
• AP Course Descriptions reflect courses taught in
  colleges and universities throughout the country.
• All AP courses used an College Board approved
  teacher developed syllabus.

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AP Examinations

• Administered in May, free of charge in Manatee
  County
• Approximately three hours long
• Composed of multiple-choice and
• free-response questions
• Free-response questions graded by college
  professors and AP teachers in June
• AP Examination grades range from 1 to 5

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AP ExaminationsInterpretation of Grades

• 5 Extremely Well Qualified
• 4 Well Qualified
• 3 Qualified
• 2 Possibly Qualified
• 1 No Recommendation
• In the last five years, 2 in 5 BHS students have
  passed their exam(s)

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Benefits of the AP Program The Effect on
Students
Students who complete AP courses are

• better prepared academically.
• more likely to choose challenging majors.
• likely to complete more college-level work.
• likely to perform significantly better than
  students who did not take AP courses.
• more likely to exercise leadership.
• more likely to graduate with a double major.
• twice as likely to go into advanced study.
• Willingham Morris, 1986 UT Study 1988

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2007-08 Advanced Placement Courses offered at BHS

• Art - Drawing, 2 Dimensional Design, and 3
  Dimensional Design
• Biology
• Calculus
• English Literature
• European History
• Macroeconomics
• Music Theory
• Physics
• Spanish Language
• U.S. Government Politics
• U.S. History

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Responsibilities of AP Students

• A willingness to actively engage with
  sophisticated concepts and to be judged by
  rigorous, college-level standards
• A willingness to complete longer and more complex
  nightly assignments
• A willingness to complete the AP
  Examination in May
• Read, read, read

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Resources Available

• AP Study Guides and Website teachers have
  preferred guides, but all are useful, plus online
  tutorials and previous tests
• www.collegeboard.com/ap/students
• After school help from teachers

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How Can Parents Help?

• Offer study support
• Make sure students devote proper time to reading
  and studying. Follow teacher syllabus for
  specific dates and assignments.
• Stress Relief
• Encouragement
• Understand for many students this may be the
  first time students are challenged
• Support the Bruin AP Program

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Questions
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Bayshore High School Advanced Placement Parent
Night