Advanced Placement courses allow students to receive college credit and audit freshmen-level coursework at universities across the country. Hosted by the College Board, the nonprofit testing service that also supports the PSAT and SAT, the AP program covers a wide range of subjects.
AP courses at Tahoma prepare students to take an exam in the spring that proves college-level competency in a given subject. Tahoma teachers assemble texts and write activities that address exam scoring criteria specifically, and they submit a detailed syllabus that explains how these standards are met through the curriculum. The teacher’s plan for instruction then must be approved by College Board for Tahoma to label a course as AP. It is this audit process that ensures the quality and rigor of AP courses, and that allows colleges and universities confidently to accept student exam scores in place of regular freshman coursework.
At present, Tahoma High School offers the 19 AP courses listed here (click to view list).
In the 2017-18 school year, Tahoma is excited to offer three new AP offerings.
AP Art History allows students to explore and analyze how art is made and how it changes over time. By examining important artistic movements, students potentially can apply those concepts to their own art work.
In addition, Tahoma will be one of a limited number of Washington State schools to offer AP Capstone. AP Capstone is a diploma program composed of two courses, AP Seminar and AP Research. In AP Seminar, students learn intensive research skills through group and independent work on a topic of their choosing. The following year, students can take AP Research, a course which supports a student’s writing and oral defense of a significant research paper. The two courses, combined with any other AP course, earns the student the AP Capstone diploma. This distinction is recognized at competitive/selective colleges as evidence of significant learning in a specific subject area, as well as well-developed and widely applicable research skills.
If you are interested in learning more about Advanced Placement courses, please join us for College in High School Night on Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Students and teachers in these classes will be available to answer your questions about these classes and their benefits. You can also contact Charisse Braun, AP/College in High School Coordinator, at cbraun@tahomasd.us.
In addition, Tahoma will be one of a limited number of Washington State schools to offer AP Capstone. AP Capstone is a diploma program composed of two courses, AP Seminar and AP Research. In AP Seminar, students learn intensive research skills through group and independent work on a topic of their choosing. The following year, students can take AP Research, a course which supports a student’s writing and oral defense of a significant research paper. The two courses, combined with any other AP course, earns the student the AP Capstone diploma. This distinction is recognized at competitive/selective colleges as evidence of significant learning in a specific subject area, as well as well-developed and widely applicable research skills.
If you are interested in learning more about Advanced Placement courses, please join us for College in High School Night on Thursday, January 5, 2017 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Students and teachers in these classes will be available to answer your questions about these classes and their benefits. You can also contact Charisse Braun, AP/College in High School Coordinator, at cbraun@tahomasd.us.
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