AP Biology

To generate skills for lifelong learning, 25 percent of the lessons in AP Biology use student-driven, constructivist approaches for concept development. The remaining lessons employ direct instruction approaches. In both cases, the lessons incorporate multimedia rich interactive resources to make learning an engaging experience. The AP approach to advanced biology topics helps students achieve mastery of abstract concepts and their application in everyday life and in STEM-related professions.

AP Chemistry

AP Chemistry includes most of the 22 laboratory experiments recommended by the College Board to provide a complete advanced experience in a blended environment. More than 25 percent of the online lesson modules are inquiry-based and employ online simulations, data-based analysis, online data-based tools, and kitchen sink labs that require no specialized equipment or supervision. Many of the lessons include significant practice in stoichiometry and other critical advanced chemistry skills.

AP Computer Science

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of computer programming. Students learn how to compile and run a Java program. They learn to use arithmetic, relational, and logical operators as well as different decision-making and loop statements. Students will be able to create classes, methods, String objects, and an ArrayList object. This course will also teach learners to perform sequential searches, binary searches, selection sorting, and insertion sorting on an array. Additionally, students will achieve skills to implement object-oriented programming design, inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction. Lastly, students will grasp and be able to describe privacy and legality in the context of computing.

AP English Literature and Composition

Each unit of AP English Literature and Composition is based on a researched scope and sequence that covers the essential concepts of literature at an AP level. Students engage in in-depth analyses of literary works in order to provide both depth and breadth of coverage of the readings. Units include Close Analysis and Interpretation of Fiction, Short Fiction, the Novel, and Poetic Form and Content. Writing activities reinforce the reading activities and include writing arguments, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, and college application essays.

AP US History

This course develops critical thinking skills by encouraging multiple views as students realize that there are often multiple accounts of a single historical event that may not be entirely consistent. Electronic discussion groups encourage collaboration and a variety of practice activities are provided; from multiple choice actions to advanced interactions. Units include: the historical process, early America, revolutionary America, the Civil War, Populism and Progressivism, the emergence of the U.S. as a world power, and contemporary themes. 

AP Calculus

This course grounds the study of calculus in real-world scenarios and integrates it with the four STEM disciplines. Semester A covers functions, limits, derivatives and the application of derivatives. The course goes on to cover differentiation and anti-differentiation, applications of integration, inverse functions, and techniques of integration, such as triangles. Assignments and activities are designed to engage students in learning and enhance mastery in the subject. Labs extend comprehension by giving students hands-on experiences.