The AP Program
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The Advanced Placement Program® is a cooperative educational endeavor between secondary schools and colleges and universities. Since its inception in 1955, the Program has provided motivated high school students with the opportunity to take college-level courses in a high school setting. Students who participate in the Program not only gain college-level skills, but in many cases they also earn college credit while they are still in high school. AP courses are taught by dedicated and enthusiastic high school teachers who follow course guidelines developed and published by the College Board.

The Program's success is rooted in the collaborative efforts of motivated students, dedicated teachers, and committed schools. By participating in the Program, secondary schools make the commitment to organize and support at least one class that is equivalent to a first-year college course.

There are currently more than 110,000 teachers leading AP courses in high schools worldwide. AP teachers are some of the world's finest. The Program is strengthened by their participation in professional development workshops and Summer Institutes and in the annual AP Reading where thousands of AP teachers and college faculty gather at college sites across the United States to score the AP Exams using rigorous guidelines.

The Program's Role

The AP Program plays a creative role as well as a facilitative one. As an intermediary among participating institutions, the Program does the following:

• Chooses college faculty and AP secondary school teachers who develop college-level Course Descriptions and examinations, and facilitates this development process.
• Administers and scores examinations based on the learning goals described in the Course Descriptions.
• Sends AP Grade Reports to the students, their schools, and their designated colleges.
• Prepares publications, online materials, and other resources to supplement and support the Program's activities.
• Provides conferences, consultants, and curricular materials to help interested schools establish college-level courses.
• Assists schools and teachers in their efforts to prepare students through professional development initiatives such as AP Vertical Teams®.
• Conducts research and strives to develop new services and products that enhance quality education.

AP Program Facts

• The AP Program offers 35 courses in 20 subject areas.
• Nearly 60 percent of U.S. high schools participate in the AP Program.
• In 2005, 2.1 million AP Exams were administered worldwide.
• More than 60,000 teachers worldwide attended AP workshops and institutes for professional development last year.
• Over 90 percent of the nation's colleges and universities have an AP policy granting incoming students credit, placement, or both, for qualifying AP Exam grades.

Not surprisingly, an increasing number of parents, students, teachers, and schools are turning to the AP Program as a model of educational excellence.

A Commitment by the College Board

Recent studies by the U.S. Department of Education and the College Board, titled Answers in the Tool Box and College Persistence, Graduation, and Remediation respectively, indicate that students who take rigorous and high-quality coursework -- precisely the kind offered through Advanced Placement courses and exams -- are more likely to complete a bachelor's degree in four years or less. By expanding access to and increasing equity in AP, the College Board strives to give traditionally underserved and low-income students the opportunity to obtain the skills needed to succeed in college.

The Advanced Placement Program's Access and Equity Initiatives were created to support the College Board's mission to connect all students to college success and opportunity. Through financial resources, partnerships, sponsored events, publications, electronic discussion groups, and the Internet, the Access and Equity Initiatives reach out to groups that are not traditionally represented in the AP community.

Access to AP

The Advanced Placement Program developed the following policy statement to assist schools in developing an open enrollment policy that reflects the College Board's commitment to expanding access to AP for all students:

The College Board and the Advanced Placement Program encourage teachers, AP Coordinators, and school administrators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs. The College Board is committed to the principle that all students deserve an opportunity to participate in rigorous and academically challenging courses and programs. All students who are willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum should be given consideration for admission to AP courses. The Board encourages the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP courses for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the AP Program. Schools should make every effort to ensure that their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population.

Honors and/or Advanced Placement (AP)

If your student is enrolled in Honors and/or AP courses for the next year, it is important that you read this information.

The decision to take a Honors and/or AP course is a serious one. The work in these courses will require the following:

1. Exemplary work habits
2. Exemplary time management skills
3. A genuine desire to learn
4. Personal responsibility for attendence and work requirements
5. Self-discipline and determination to succeed
6. AP students are required to take the AP exam(s) in May.

If your student enrolls in Honors and/or AP courses, he/she will be required to remain in that class at least through the first quarter. Requests to drop a Honors and/or AP course after the first quarter will be reviewed by the administrative committee after the student has successfully completed the academic assistance form and if there is space available in the requested class. If a move can be made after the first quarter ends, the grade(s) earned in the Honors and/or AP class will transfer to the new class.

To assist you in determining what might be a responsible academic load, members of the Class of 2002 who applied to highly selective colleges averaged a six AP courses and seven Honors courses during their four years of high school. With this in mind, it is recommended that your student take no more than three or four Honors and/or AP courses per year.

Please contact your child's counselor by June 21 if you have questions about the above information.

Michelle Pringle - (A - Blu) Phone: 703-222-8112
Debbie Wolin - (Blv - Con) Phone: 703-222-8113
Naa-Adjeley Wilson (Coo - Fer) Phone: 703-222-8115
Douglas Kean - (Fes - Has) Phone: 703-653-1049
Stephanie Johnson - (Hat - Key) Phone: 703-222-8122
Maurean Truncale - (Kf - Loz) Phone: 703-222-8123
Mary Ann Wells - (Lp - Mu) Phone: 703-222-8132
Denise Carson - (Mv - Ph) Phone: 703-222-8133
Deborah Padgett - (Pi - Sc) Phone: 703-653-1006
Tiffany Haddock - (Sd- Tq) Phone: 703-222-8142
Patricia Staples (Tr - Z) Phone: 703-222-8143

AP Teaching Staff

TEACHER NAME	SUBJECT TAUGHT
Adams, John	AP Art and 2D and 3D Portfolio
Black, Joan	AP Calculus BC
Bucco, Lori	AP Language & Comp
Clement, Joe	AP Macro and Micro
Cobb, Andrea	AP Biology
Conanan, Courntey	AP Language & Comp
Cronin, Phip	AP US History
Dee, Regina	AP French
Demek, Charles	AP US History
Dempster, Megan	AP Language & Comp
Downes, John	AP World History
Edgington, Catherine	AP German
Fenton, Anne	AP Environmental Science
Fenton, Mary	AP Physics C
Frederick, Alan	AP Latin
Harris, Michelle	AP English Literature and Composition
Hausman, Dan	AP Government
Holcomb, Susan	AP Statistics
King, John	AP Statistics
Koppel, Ina	AP Chemistry
Lehman, Nikki	AP English Literature and Composition
Monteverde, Rick	AP World History
Owens, Christina	AP Biology
Park, Grace	AP Statistics
Politzer, Judy	AP Art History
Prowell, Ken	AP US Government and AP Euro
Rhodes, Carol	AP Calculus
Richardson, Eric	AP Literature and Composition
Roberts, Katie	AP Psychology/AP US History
Ross, Drew	Music Theory
Royal, Debbi	AP Spanish Language
Sharrett, David	AP English Literature and Composition
Spring, Jeff	AP Environmental Science
Snyder, Rita	AP Calculus AB
St. Clair, Jean	Calculus AB
Stoner, Matt	AP Government
Tucker, Rich	AP Language & Comp
Weyant, Gail	2-D Studio Art
Ragone, Matt	AP in charge of AP