AP Parent Night Presentation 2012

AP Course Contract

Advanced Placement Classes

Advanced Placement Classes & Class Rank

Advanced Placement Courses

AP Teacher Contact Information

AP 2011 Summer Course Assignments

Advanced Placement Classes
CHS offers advanced placement classes that are certified by the College Board. Through college-level AP (Advanced Placement) courses, you enter a universe of knowledge that might otherwise remain unexplored in high school; through AP Exams, you have the opportunity to earn credit or advanced standing at most of the nation’s colleges and universities. CHS currently offers AP courses in Studio Art, English Language, English Literature, US History, US Government/Politics, Spanish, Human Geography, World History, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. AP courses are available for 10th through 12th grade students. The only requirements are a strong curiosity about the subject you plan to study and a willigness to work hard. Just a few reasons to sign up: Gain the edge in college preparation, Stand out in the college admissions process, and Broaden your intellectual Horizons. Students are required to sign an AP course contract. Please understand that you will not be allowed to drop an AP course once you have enrolled in it.

Advanced Placement Classes and Class Rank
CHS Class Rank and AP: Starting with the class of 2012 Advanced Placement grades at Camas High School will be factored in the class rank on a five point scale. Rationale: Class rank is one factor considered in admission to selective colleges. Our State prohibits grading AP students on a five point grading scale but we can factor in a five point scale for the purpose of calculating class rank. This allows us to encourage students to take college level courses and alleviate some of their concern that taking these classes will adversely affect their class rank. Pre-AP classes are offered at CHS to 9th and 10th graders in the subject area of English. Students are not required to take and pass Pre-AP classes in order to enroll in AP courses. Pre-AP classes are challenging and require students to be willing and able to work hard.

Advanced Placement Courses (links below)

• Pre AP Engilish (9) (Not available)
• Pre AP English (10) (Not available)
• AP English Language & Composition (11)
• AP English Literature & Composition (12)
• AP U. S. History
• AP World History Syllabus
• AP Government & Politics
• AP Studio Art Drawing
• AP Chemistry Syllabus
• AP Physics B Syllabus
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Biology Syllabus
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• AP Spanish Language

AP Teacher Contact Information (links below)

2011 AP Summer Course Assignments

NOTE:  If your AP class does not appear on this list, then there is no summer assignment for that class.

• Pre AP English (9) – 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• Pre AP English (10) – 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• AP English Language (11) – 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• AP English Literature (12) – 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• AP US History 2011 Summer Assignments
  • 2011 AP US History Summer Assignment
  • 2011 AP US History Summer Assignment Rubric
  • 2011 AP US History – Zinn People's History Chapter 1-5
  • 2011 AP US History – Howard Zinns Biased History
  • 2011 AP US History – Zinn – Why Students Should Study History
     
• AP Human Geography 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• AP US Government Courage of Their Convictions 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• AP Studio Art
   
• AP Chemistry 2011 Summer Assignment
   
• AP Physics 2011 Summer Assignments
   
• AP Biology 2011 Summer Assignments
  • AP Course Outline (Notes)
  • AP Biology Chapter 45
  • AP Biology Chapter 46
  • AP Biology Chapter 47
  • AP Biology Chapter 48
  • AP Biology Chapter 49
  • AP Biology Chapter 50
  • AP Biology Chapter 45-47 Worksheets
  • AP Biology Chapter 48-50 Worksheets
  • AP Biology – Latin Vocabulary