Advanced Placement

About AP

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are available at all GPS high schools.

AP courses prepare students to take the national Advanced Placement examination given in the late spring of each school year.

Students may be granted advanced placement status and/or college credit based on how well they perform on these tests. Information regarding advanced placement courses and examinations is available from the counseling office of each high school.

Students are not required to take an advanced placement course to be eligible to take the advanced placement examination; however, students enrolled in AP courses are expected to take the AP exam.

AP/Honors classes are not available to homebound students. For more information see the Guidance and Counseling office or please visit www.apstudents.collegeboard.com.

Contact Info

Brent Gardner

COORDINATOR - PREK12 ADVANCED LEARNING

Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma

AP Capstone™ is a diploma program based on two-year-long AP courses: AP Seminar and AP Research. These courses are designed to complement other AP courses that the AP Capstone student may take. Instead of teaching specific subject knowledge, AP Seminar and AP Research use an interdisciplinary approach to develop the critical thinking, research, collaboration, time management, and presentation skills students need for college-level work. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing receive the AP Capstone Diploma™. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research but not on four additional AP Exams receive the AP Seminar and Research Certificate™.

Benefits of Advanced Placement
AP classes are available at all GPS High Schools

Benefits of Advanced Placement

High school students across the country and around the world take AP courses and exams to challenge themselves, explore their interests, and earn college credit and placement. AP can give you:

A Head Start in High School

Get a taste of college-level work while developing the academic skills you’ll need for college success. You might even discover your career path.

An Edge in College

Your AP Exam scores can earn you college credit before you set foot on campus—and let you skip introductory college courses.

Learn More at apstudents.collegeboard.org

AP classes are available at all GPS High Schools

AP courses prepare students to take the national Advanced Placement examination given in the late spring of each school year.

Students may be granted advanced placement status and/or college credit on the basis of how well they perform on these tests. Information regarding advanced placement courses and examinations is available from the counseling office of each high school.

Students are not required to take an advanced placement course to be eligible to take the advanced placement examination; however, students enrolled in AP courses are expected to take the AP exam.

AP/Honors classes are not available to homebound students.

For more information see the Guidance and Counseling office or please visit www.apcentral.collegeboard.com.

AP Courses

AP 2-D Art and Design

Grade: 11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Photo Imaging I, II, or Digital Photography I & II or application and approval.
Fee: $40.00 per semester

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Advanced Placement
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