Honors, Advanced Placement (AP), and advanced-level courses
provide rigorous and challenging studies for highly
able and potentially high-achieving students who
are capable or motivated to pursue rigorous and challenging
instruction. Students enroll in individual Honors,
AP, and advanced-level courses and not in an Honors
program as a whole.
Honors courses include course
work in art, computer science, English, foreign languages,
mathematics, music, science,
and social studies. The curriculum in each Honors course
includes appropriate adaptations for accelerated and
enriched learning for pursuing in-depth studies that
require abstract and higher-order thinking skills. Honors
courses provide expectations and opportunities for students
to work independently at an accelerated pace, to engage
in more rigorous and complex content and processes, and
to develop authentic products that reflect students’ understanding
of key concepts.
AP courses are those for which a
College Board Advanced Placement examination exists.
A qualifying
score on an
AP exam may give the student college credit or advanced
standing in the subject in many colleges. These courses
include concepts and skills that help prepare students
for the AP exams. AP courses are available in the following
MCPS content areas.
- Art
- Information Technology/Computer
Science
- English
- Foreign Languages
- Mathematics
- Music
- Science
- Social Studies
Advanced-Level
courses are based upon previous achievement in a sequence
of study. Advanced-level courses are available
in the following MCPS content areas.
- Information Technology/Computer
Science
- Foreign Languages
- Mathematics
- Science
- Blair magnet courses
- Selected International Baccalaureate
courses
- Poolesville
Global Ecology courses
Students in Honors,
AP, and advanced-level courses are expected to maintain
at least a C average. Students who
receive a grade of D or E over two consecutive marking
periods should be counseled and supported.
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