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AP Courses Exams General Info Advanced Placement (AP) Courses at Seattle Public Schools 2018-2019 The Advanced Placement program is a College Board program, allowing students to access college level curriculum, which assists students in their preparation for their college or university coursework. Students who take AP exams, which are administered annually in May, can earn college credit, depending on their score and the college they plan to attend. To learn more about how students benefit from taking Advanced Placement courses, talk with your high school counselor or read more here - https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/exploreap A variety of Advanced Placement Courses are offered at 10 comprehensive high schools* at SPS. Below is a list of the 2018-2019 AP Courses offered at the following high schools. AP Course offerings change annually based on staffing and enrollment. Ballard High School AP STATISTICS B AP STATISTICS B AP AMER GOVERNMENT Franklin High School AP STUDIO ART AP BIOLOGY 2 AP AMER GOVERNMENT AP US GOVT AND POLITICS 2 AP CALCULUS AB B AP CALCULUS AB B AP US HISTORY 11B AP CALCULUS BC B AP CHEMISTRY AP WORLD HISTORY 2 AP CHEMISTRY 2 AP CHINESE 5B Ingraham High School** AP COMPUTER SCI A2 AP COMPUTER SCI A1 AP CALCULUS AB B AP ENG LANG COMP 2 AP ENG LIT COMP 2 AP CALCULUS BC B AP ENG LIT COMP 2 AP ENVIRONMNTL SCI 2 AP COMPUTER SCI A2 AP FRENCH 5B AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AP STATISTICS B AP JAPANESE 5B AP PHYSICS 1B Nathan Hale High School AP MACROECONOMICS 2 AP SPANISH 5B AP CALCULUS AB B AP MUSIC THEORY B AP STATISTICS B AP COMP SCI PRINCP 2 AP SPANISH 5B AP STUDIO ART AP COMPUTER SCI A2 AP SPANISH LIT B Garfield High School AP ENG LANG COMP 2 AP STUDIO ART 2D DES AP AMER GOVERNMENT AP ENG LIT COMP 2 AP STUDIO ART DRAW AP BIOLOGY 2 AP ENVIRONMNTL SCI 2 AP US HISTORY 11B AP CALCULUS AB B AP JAPANESE 5B AP WORLD HISTORY 2 AP CALCULUS BC B AP SPANISH 5B Chief Sealth Intl HS** AP CHEMISTRY 2 AP STATISTICS B AP SPANISH 5B AP COMP SCI (CIHS) Roosevelt High School Cleveland High School STEM AP ENG LANG COMP 2 AP AMER GOVERNMENT AP CALCULUS AB B AP ENG LIT COMP 2 AP CALCULUS AB B AP CHEMISTRY 2 AP ENVIRONMNTL SCI 2 AP CALCULUS BC B AP CHINESE 5B AP FRENCH 5B AP COMPARATIVE GOV AP COMP SCI PRINCP 2 AP JAPANESE 5B AP COMPUTER SCI A2 AP COMPUTER SCI A2 AP LATIN B AP ENG LANG COMP 2 AP ENVIRONMNTL SCI 2 AP MACROECONOMICS 2 AP FRENCH 5B AP PHYSICS 1B AP PHYSICS C2 AP HUMAN GEO INTG B AP SPANISH 5B AP SPANISH 5B AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Student Support Services, Advanced Learning Department Revised 3/13/2019 AP JAPANESE 5B AP BIOLOGY 2 AP COMPUTER SCI A2 AP LATIN B AP CALCULUS AB B AP ENG LANG COMP 2 AP PHYSICS C2 AP ENVIRONMNTL SCI 2 AP ENG LIT COMP 2 AP SPANISH 5B AP LANGUAGE ARTS 12 AP ENVIRONMNTL SCI 2 AP SPANISH LIT B AP STUDIO ART AP PHYSICS 1B AP STATISTICS B West Seattle High School AP STATISTICS B AP STUDIO ART 2D DES AP AMER GOVERNMENT AP US HISTORY 11B AP US HISTORY 11B AP BIOLOGY 2 AP WORLD HISTORY 2 AP CALCULUS AB B The Center School AP COMP SCI PRINCP 2 * Note: Lincoln High School opens in 2019-20. Please contact the school regarding AP course offerings for 2019-2020. **Note: Chief Sealth & Ingraham HS are International Baccalaureate schools, so they offer fewer AP Courses. Rainier Beach HS is also an International Baccalaureate school and does not offer AP courses. Advanced Placement Course – Exam Registration Seattle Public School students who wish to take AP exams at their high school must register to take the exam(s) by the deadline date set by their high school, which will range between February 22nd and March 8th 2019. The fee to take an AP Exam for 2019 is $102 per exam. Please contact your high school’s AP Coordinator (listed below) if you have questions about AP Testing or Registration. Ballard HS AP Registration – Mike Broom, [email protected] Center School AP Registration – Karen Brookman, [email protected] - Chief Sealth High School – Lori Douglas, [email protected] Cleveland HS AP Registration – Megan Claus, [email protected] Franklin HS AP Registration – Jim Jeffreys, [email protected] Garfield HS AP Registration – Tiffany Bigham, [email protected] Ingraham HS AP Registration – Susan Knutsen, [email protected] Nathan Hale HS AP Registration – Melinda Greene, [email protected] Roosevelt HS AP Registration – Shannon Westerman, [email protected] West Seattle HS AP Registration – Amy Doll, [email protected] AP Exam Fee Reductions AP Exam Fee Reductions are available for students that are eligible. If you believe that you qualify for an AP Exam Fee Reduction and/or Free & Reduced Lunch (FRL) and have not completed an FRL form, please click the link and complete the SPS confidential FRL form online. On the application, there is a section if you would like to share your child’s free or reduced price meal status. Please mark the Advanced Placement Tests box if you would like staff to be notified if you qualify for free or reduced AP Exam fees. Students can also get a hard copy of the form through their school counselor or AP Testing Coordinator. Non-SPS Students If students live in the Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Attendance Area, but do not attend an SPS high school and would like to register to take an AP Exam, students and families should contact the high school AP Coordinator nearest you. Note: The larger SPS high schools are typically unable to provide AP Exam testing to non-SPS students due to capacity issues that already exist in their school. Non-SPS students may be referred to another school that may be able to provide the exam. For questions about AP Testing for Non-SPS Students, please contact the Advanced Learning Department using the Contact Us form. Student Support Services, Advanced Learning Department Revised 3/13/2019 .
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