Available Advanced Placement (AP) Courses:
AP Biology- Mrs.Luz Baldazo
-This course is to help students make connections between the big ideas within the AP Biology curriculum framework to actively engage students in the process of science through class assignments and discussions which inform their laboratory experiences and to increase student critical thinking and problem solving ability by actively requiring them to anticipate experimental setups in group discussions, journal reading, and hands on labs.
AP Calculus- Mr. Manny Borja
- Building and enduring mathematical understanding requires students to understand the why and how in mathematics in addition to mastering the necessary procedures and skills. To foster this deeper level of learning, AP Calculus is designed to develop mathematical knowledge conceptually, guiding students to connect topics and representations throughout each course and to apply strategies and techniques to accurately solve different problems.
AP Computer Science Principles- Mrs. Filmah Buenaflor
-Mobile CSP is an is an approved course provider for the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles curriculum framework for introductory computer science. In this course, you will computer science by building socially useful mobile apps. In addition to programming and computer science principles, the course is project bases and emphasizes writing, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
AP Environmental- Mrs.Luz Baldazo
-The goal of this course is for students, with the scientific priciples, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world to indetify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human made to evaluate the the relative risk associated with these problems. To examine alternate solutions for resolving and/ or preventing them, and to develop and focus their own political persepctives.
AP English Literature and Composition- Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero
-This course focuses on reading, analyzing and writing about imaginative literature (fiction, poetry, drama) from various periods. Students engage in close reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. As they read, students consider a work's structure, styles, and themes as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, and symbolism. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays that requires students to analyze and interpret literary works. The course aligns to an introductory college-level literature and writing curriculum.
AP U.S. Government and Politics- Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero
-This course provides a college-level, nonpartisan introduction to key political concepts, ideas, institutions, policies, interactions, roles, and behaviors, that characterize the constitutional system and political culture of the United States. Students study U.S. foundational documents, Supreme court decisions, documents, Supreme Court decisions, and other text, and visuals to gain an understanding of the relationships and interactions among political institutions, processes, and behaviors. They also engage in disciplinary practices that require them to read and interpret data, make comparisons and applications, and develop internet evidence-based arguments. In addition, they will complete a political science research or applied civics project. The course is equivalent to a one-semester introductory college course in U.S. government.
AP U.S. History- Dr. Galvin Deleon Guerrero
-In this course, students investiagte significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historic periods from approximately, 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about ocmparison, causation, and continuity and change. The course also provides eight themes thst students explore throughout the course in order to make connetions among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures. The course is equivalent to a two semester introductory college course in U.S. history.