Summerville High School

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Summerville High School

• Advanced Placement Program Information Night
• February 8, 2008

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The Advanced Placement Program

• Provides students with the rigor needed to be
  successful in their futures.
• Prepares students for the rigor of college.
• Inspires students to be the best they can be.
• Rewards students with weighted grades and
  opportunities to bypass certain college classes.

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Who Should Take AP Classes?

• All students who want to be prepared for the
  challenges of the future should consider
  registering for at least one AP class per year
  during their 10th, 11th, and 12th grade years.
  Many students cannot handle more than this, but
  the experiences afforded by just one AP class per
  year are truly significant.

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What is the AP Program?

• David Simmons

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How Can AP Courses Enhance College Applications
and the Potential for Success in Securing and
Maintaining Scholarships?
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What Does SHS Have to Offer in Terms of AP
Courses?
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AP EnglishLiterature

• Jim Carter

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AP Language and Composition

• Catherine Cease-Flores

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What is it?

• The course will provide high school students with
  college level instruction in studying and writing
  various kinds of analytic or persuasive essays on
  literary and nonliterary topics in language,
  rhetoric and expository writing

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Goals

• Analyze and interpret samples of good writing,
  identifying and explaining the authors use of
  rhetorical strategies and techniques
• Apply effective strategies and techniques in your
  own writing
• Create and sustain arguments based on readings,
  research and/or personal experience
• Demonstrate understanding and mastery of standard
  written English as well as stylistic maturity in
  your writing

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• Write in a variety of genres and contexts, both
  formal and informal, employing appropriate
  conventions
• Produce expository and argumentative compositions
  that introduce a complex central idea and develop
  it with appropriate, specific evidence, cogent
  explanations, and clear transitions
• Move effectively through the stages of the
  writing process, with careful attention to
  inquiry and research, drafting, revision,
  editing, and review.

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AP Math Calculus AB

• Course Description
• This course provides students with the
  opportunity to pursue college credits while still
  in high school. It consists of a full high school
  academic year of work in calculus and related
  topics, comparable to courses in colleges and
  universities. There is extensive coverage of
  theory and applications of differential and
  integral functions of a single variable. Topics
  in plane analytic geometry will also be covered.
  The material will be presented and problems will
  be worked using numerical, analytical, and
  graphical approaches.

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AP Math Statistics

• Course Description
• This course is designed to teach the student the
  basic concepts of descriptive statistics,
  probability and inferential statistics. Topics
  include
• exploring datagraphically and numerically
  gathering datasampling, experimentation and
  simulation basic probabilityexploring
• randomness and patterns statistical
  inferencedrawing conclusions about a population
  from sample data and effectively communicating
• methods, results and interpretations using the
  vocabulary of statistics. This course emphasizes
  the use of technology in data organization and
• analysisTI83/
• 83/84 graphing calculators and statistical
  output from computer software. Although much of
  the computation is done with the
• TI83,
• students must understand the formulas used for
  computation. Students should be able to correctly
  interpret and explain the
• computational results. The emphasis is on
  understanding the statistical concepts rather
  than memorizing formulas.

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AP Science Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
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AP Physics C (Mechanics)Dr. Diane
ReederTeacher - SHS
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Requirements

• Physical Science Honors
• Chemistry CP or higher
• Algebra 2 Honors
• Geometry CP or higher
• Concurrently enrolled in (or have completed)
  Pre-Calculus or Calculus

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Why take this course?

• Improve problem-solving skills
• More practice in math and reading for
  comprehension
• Gain college credit in a physics calculus-based
  course (maximum 4 credit hours)
• Have the opportunity to take a 4 credit college
  physics course over 1 full year instead of 1
  semester.

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AP Biology

• Mrs. Litz

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The Course

• This course is a college course taught in high
  school. It covers two semesters of freshman
  biology.
• Three main units of study cover 55 chapters in
  Campbells Biology.
• 12 required labs by College Board (there is a
  second lab period for this course).

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Grading

• AP weight on grades one period, honors weight on
  other period.
• Tests and labs account for majority of grade in
  this course. Most homework is independent.
• First quarter all students get college scale on
  tests (10 pt. scale) to ease into rigor of
  course.

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The Exam

• Many colleges give credit for introductory
  biology to applicants with a score of 3 (others
  only accept 4s or 5s).
• Many science major students choose to retake
  biology in college anyway to boost GPA or to get
  to know professors.

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The Fun Stuff

• Volunteer at Kiawah Marathon each year and raise
  money for charities Ronald McDonald House and
  SPCA (field trip to bring check)
• Take field trip to Kiawah in spring for Ecology,
  includes a kayak or canoe trip, seining and
  scavenger hunt.
• Annual Ultimate Frisbee Match with AP Science

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AP European HistoryConnie Coyle
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What is European History? A study of events and
trends in European History from
1350-present. Who should take European History?
Students who have a genuine interest
in the study of the past. Students who are
interested in the possibility of college credit
for a high school course.
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What is required from AP Euro students?

• Analytical skills
• Advanced writing skills
• Advanced reading skills
• Dedication
• Hard work
• Daily homework and summer assignments.

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What do we study in AP European History?
Renaissance
Exploration
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Reformation
Absolutism
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Revolutions
Unification
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Imperialism
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Modern Europe
World Wars
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What Else?

• Extensive Essay Writing (Document Based and Free
  Response)
• Primary Sources
• Extensive Reading
• Point-of View
• Analysis
• Art History

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AP United States HistoryLaura Horlbeck

• What is this class?
• Is there a lot of reading and homework in this
  class?
• Is there an emphasis on writing in this class?
  What if I have trouble writing?
• Who should take AP United States History?

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1 Reason to take AP Government?
Because Politics and Government do matter our
lives
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Any public schools you attended were prohibited
from discriminating against females, minorities,
and from holding prayer sessions led by school
officials.
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The following list shows the ways that government
and politics have already impacted your life
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Municipal school boards regulate your education,
and the state of South Carolina certified and
paid your teachers.
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The ages at which you can get your drivers
license, drink alcohol, and vote were all
determined by both the state and federal
government.
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Before you could get a job, the federal
government had to issue you a Social Security
number and you have been paying Social Security
taxes every month that you have been employed.
If you are working at a relatively low-paying
job, your starting wages were determined by both
state and federal government.
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As a college student, you may be drawing out
student loans or scholarship funds financed by
the government. Government even dictates certain
school holidays.
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Even though gasoline prices have recently risen
to record levels, federal policies continue to
allow you to drive long distances relatively
cheaply compared to citizens in most other
countries.
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If you have ever rented an apartment or bought a
home, federal law prevents landlords or financial
institutions from discriminating against you
because of your race, religion, or color.
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See how it matters?This AP course will introduce
you to the following key areas of our government
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Introducing Government in America
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The Constitution
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Federalism
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Civil Liberties and Public Policy
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Civil Rights and Public Policy
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Public Opinion and Political Action
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The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
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Political Parties
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Nominations and Campaigns
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Elections and Voting Behavior
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Interest Groups
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Congress
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The Presidency
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The Congress, the President, and the Budget
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The Federal Bureaucracy

• Whos really in charge of this place from day to
  day?

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The Federal Courts
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Economic Policy Making
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Social Welfare Policy Making
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Policy Making for Healthcare and the Environment
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National Security Policy Making
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Advanced Placement(College Level)Microeconomics
College Credit at most colleges with 4 or 5 on
required AP Exam in May
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Expectations

• One college level chapter covered per week with
  tests bi-weekly
• Monthly debates on current economic issues with
  required persuasive essay
• Active learning with analysis, not memorization

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Suggested Prerequisites

• Honors Level English
• Understanding of Algebra Geometry
• Advanced Analytical Skills
• Other AP courses

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Topics Studied

• Supply and Demand
• Governmental Interference
• Market Structures
• Environmental Economics

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AP Business Computer Science
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AP Art Art

• Average SAT Scores
•                               Verbal              
          Math
•                               2004      2005
           2004      2005
• Students that have   
• Taken Studio Art   524       527         527  
     531    
• Non-Art Students       473    478         492  
     498
• Overall difference  2004 76 points   2005 82
  points
• Four years of High School Art
• overall difference    2004 104 points     2005
  98 points
• Source The College Board, Profile of College
  Bound Seniors National Report- 2004, 2005

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AP ART

• "...self-recognition that we can be producers as
  well as consumers.  There is a spiritual quality
  (not related to institutionalized religion) that
  we experience during the creative process.  It is
  a feeling that we are, at least partially,
  fulfilling our destiny.  Through the creative
  process and product, we are BECOMING, which leads
  us back to the Latin root of creativity, to
  grow."
• Nancy Breard, Ed. D. (2007). Why Creativity.
  Converse College                  
• Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996).  Creativity.   New
  York  HarperCollins
• Piirto, J. (2004). Understanding Creativity.
• Scottsdale, AZ Great Potential Press    

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AP ART

• ADVANCED PLACEMENT VISUAL ART
• OPTIONS AT SUMMERVILLE HIGH
• AP Studio Art 2D (Drawing, Painting, Collage,
  Computer
• Generated, Photography, etc.)
• AP Studio Art 3D (Clay, Sculpture, Fabric
  Design,
• Architectural Design, etc.)
• AP Studio Art Drawing ( Hand rendered Drawing,
  Painting,                                      
  etc.)

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AP ART

• THREE SECTIONS OF AP PORTFOLIOS
• Breadth Section- 12 artworks (All on a CD)
• Concentration Section-12 artworks and
•                                         written
  commentary (All on a CD)
• Quality Section- 5 works from the above two
  sections
• (actual Artworks)

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AP MUSIC THEORY
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Testimonials for the AP Program
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Testimonials for the AP Program

• Elise B. Jorgens, Provost and Senior Vice
  President for Academic Affairs at the College of
  Charleston wrote to Mr. Dingle in June of 2006
• We take this opportunity to thank you for the
  excellent preparation that you and your
  colleagues at SHS gave to your 2005
  graduateThe success that your graduate has had
  in our undergraduate research program is the
  result of hard work and dedicated academic effort
  that began with the rigors of your institution.

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Registration Timeline

• February 13-14 Course Guides Distributed
• February 21 Registration Cards Distributed in
  first period for Teacher Recommendations, Return
  with Parent Signature to first period Teacher

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The Override Process

• Parent picks up override form in guidance.
• Parent signs the override form and speaks to your
  teacher about the reason for the recommendation.
• Override forms are turned into Ms. Caudle.
• If your override is granted, your course
  selection will be changed.
• You will have to remain in the course you have an
  override for regardless of your progress.

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