MANHASSET HIGH SCHOOLAP CAPSTONE PARENT PRESENTATIONOCTOBER 26, 2017

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

• A current elective program in Social Studies

• Consists of four courses--one full year introductory course, followed by 2 alternate-

day full year courses, and culminates with a half-year Regeneron/Science Talent

Search Prep course

• After extensive evaluation and research, we have applied to the College Board to

offer the AP Capstone program as a more rigorous and structured research program

• Our existing social science research program would be phased out with the exception

of the introductory elective course, open to 9th and 10th grade students

• AP Capstone will not be open to Science Research students

Year 1 Course Description: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-

seminar-course-and-exam-description.pdf?course=ap-seminar

Year 2 Course Description:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-research-course-and-

exam-description.pdf?course=ap-research

AP SEMINAR PLACEMENT CRITERIA

Course is open to grade 10 and 11 students who are seeking an enriched 2-year social science research

course sequence, are independently motivated and are able to work collaboratively.

Requirements include:

• Social Studies teacher recommendation based on academic maturity, outstanding work ethic and

commitment to research

• Pre-requisite final grade of A in SS9R or B+ in SS9 Pre-AP for grade 10 entry

• Pre-requisite final grade of A in SS10R, A- in SS10H or B+ in AP World History for grade 11 entry

• Recommended that students entering grade 10 not enroll in any additional elective courses due to the

Health 10 requirement

• Commitment: As per HS course catalog, courses cannot be dropped after the end of quarter 1,

particularly due to the required group project for this course

AP RESEARCH PLACEMENT CRITERIA

• Successful completion of AP Seminar; minimum final course grade of B+

• AP Seminar teacher recommendation

TIME COMMITMENT FOR AP CAPSTONE

• According to schools that have participated in the AP Capstone program the time

commitment is comparable to other AP courses.

• Students must research, read deeply, write and rewrite on a very rigorous level

similar to expectations in college.

• Though there are fewer smaller tasks, the level at which students are asked to think

and communicate is at a much deeper level.

• Google classroom will be used to support ongoing student access and collaboration.

(Note: there are required group projects)

AP CAPSTONE EXAM FEE

• Current College Board exam fee is higher ($142) than other AP exams ($94)

because students and teacher have access to the AP Capstone Digital Portfolio.

• Resources available on the digital portfolio include EBSCO research database and

Turnitin Originality Checker.

• For this reason, once a student has posted a final draft of the through-course papers

on the Digital Portfolio, the entire fee must be paid as required by the College

Board.

MANHASSET HIGH SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR

• 2018-2019: AP Seminar first offered

• 2019-2020: AP Research will be offered

• June 2020: First Capstone cohort will be eligible for AP Capstone

diploma or AP Capstone certificate

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