| BEST HIGH SCHOOL AP CORNER
Program Instructors and Support Team
BEST High School offers a truly a dynamic and progressively evolving college-going culture. Our school is excited to be part of the College Board’s African American Student Achievement Initiative. Currently we offer
In 2006-2007, thanks to our partnership with AASAI, we offered an “AP Boot Camp”. We also showcased our college graduates on our AP Wall of Fame. We are already gearing up for an even more comprehensive test prep strategy for 2007-2008. This includes creating as many opportunities for support as possible during the school day and on selected Saturdays.
We also have been fortunate to have an Rotary sponsored in-class AP test specialist focus on the essay portion of he exam.in-class. Our AP Boot Camp will climax an year long intensive support program for our students.
What is the Course Audit?
BEST High School is proud that we both requested and received authorization to label all of the courses listed on our web site for 2007-2008 as "AP" designated courses. Our course syllabi were reviewed by college instructors in the appropriate field of study and our students will receive AP credit for successful completion of these courses.
The AP Course Audit was created at the request of secondary school and college members of the College Board who sought a means for the College Board to:
1. provide teachers and administrators with clear guidelines on curricular and resource requirements that must be in place for AP courses; and
2. help colleges and universities better interpret secondary school courses marked "AP" on students' transcripts.
All schools wishing to label a course "AP" in the 2007-08 school year must complete and return the subject-specific AP Course Audit form (available through the AP Course Audit Web site), along with the course syllabus, for each teacher of that AP course.
Expecting Success
“You can win if you got the heart and tenacity and soul to keep trying.” Miles Davis
The concept of expecting success from students is integral to every aspect of teaching and learning. Unless we motivate our students to believe in themselves, all else we teach will fall flat. Every test becomes a potential failure. Any dreams our students conceive succumb to self doubt and even our best and brightest students will settle for less than they are capable of achieving.
The promise inherent in AP classes and curriculum is straightforward: if you want to attend college, here is the educational curriculum to prepare you for it. When a student walks any BEST High School AP class, we welcome them. Our instructors use a personalized approach to teaching: every student matters as an individual and the students support one another. Truly, we are in this together.
Our coursework is challenging and our students expect to be challenged. They also expect to succeed. Many of our AP teachers use personal conferencing and hold office hours by appointment at lunch, after school, and during periods to conference with students.
We value and actively engage in building a community support system. We are fortunate to have after school tutorials and programs like Academics for Success. All BEST teachers (AP and College Prep) require students earning below a 2.0 in their coursework to participate in tutoring through this program.
How Parents Can Support their AP Student with AP Coursework?
------------Every student, every classroom, every day..........
First and foremost, parents can help by encouraging your student to come to school every day on time. Ask your child to share what they are learning with you. Require that they show you their graded assignments. Some of major assignments require a parent notification signature (the Senior Research paper) but not all. You are welcome to call me at the number listed on this syllabus or to email me at the email address shown.
Help your student find a quiet time to read.
One method to use to assist students with time management is to have them read at least one full page of dense reading and time it. Then multiply the time it takes to read this page by the number of pages in the book.
This is approximately how much time your child will need to set aside for the first close reading. He or she will need to re-read for meaning and will need time to reflect and annotate the reading material. The student will need to plan for and add more time.
Visit AP Central
AP Central http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf
In Spanish: http://www.collegeboard.com/enespanol/
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