The Advanced Placement Program®

D.C. Everest Senior High Hmong Version

Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) npab koj mus pib kawm college.

Thaum koj kawm hoob AP tag es koj xeem ntawv qhia rau cov college thiab university tias koj yeej npab txaus mus kawm tau lawm thiab koj yuav tau college credit pab koj. Tsis tas li ntawv nws pab tau koj mus kawm cov hoob siab nyob college.

Kawm AP thiab Kawm College™

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Cov menyuam uas xaiv kawm cov hoob AP feem ntawv yuav kawm tau college zoo dua cov tsis kawm thiab yog cov yuav siv sijhawm li 4 xyoo ces kawm tiav daim Bachelor’s Source: Camara, Wayne (2003). College Persistence, Graduation, and Remediation. College Board Research Notes (RN-19). New York, NY: College Board.

Kawm hoob AP thiab hoob Honors txawv li cas?

• Hoob AP yog cov hoob qhia menyuam zoo kiag li cov hoob nyob tom college.

• Txhua tus menyuam yuav tsum xeem qhov AP Exam ua yog cov xibfwb loj nyob tim college yog cov soj qhia saib sej tus menyuam puas kawm tau zoo txaus li cos nyob tim college tiag.

Vim li cas thiaj li yuav nkag hoob AP thiab xeem ntawv AP?Cov colleges feev ntau nyob teb chaws Miskas nrog rau 24 lub teb chaws tos txais menyuam, thiab muab credit rau cov ua xeem tau zoo hauv hoob AP.

Qhia piv txws tom Princeton cov tus ntxhais kawm ntawv siv tau lawv cov AP credits mus kom lawv:

• Kawm tiam college siv sij hawm 3 xyoo thiab ib kheeb xyoo xwb

• Hlav tau cov hoob yooj yim mus kawm cov hoob siab

• Tsis kawm lwm yam lus txawv los tau

Credit thiab Advance Placement sib txawv lis cas?• Tej lub college muaj credit rau cov

menyuam uas xeem tau soo. Li no txhais tau tias koj tus menyuam tau credit rau lawv daim degree.

• Tej cov college muaj “advanced placement.” Li no txhais tau hais tias lawv cia koj tus menyuam dhia cov hoob yooj yim tsis tau siv sijhawm kawm li feev ncoob.

Vim li cas menyuam thiab yuav xeev ntawv AP?Yog koj kawm hoob AP xwb es koj tsis xeev cov college yuav tsis muaj credit rau koj tiam sis koj yeej tseem tau koj cov khab nees rau high school.

“Yog koj kawm tiav AP thiab koj xeev ntawv AP nws qhia tau hais tais koj yeej kawm thiab to taub lis cov tus ntxhais kawm college lawm. Vim li no peb thiaj li hais kos txhua tus xeem ntawv.”

—Joellen L. Silberman, Dean of EnrollmentKalamazoo College

AP pab koj ntau yam

College credit pab tau koj mus kawm cov hoob siab dua, ua tau koj kawm tias sai dua, pab tau koj mus yuav ob daim degree, thiab pab npab koj mus kawm tau txawv teb chaws:

“Kuv thawj xyoo kawm college, kuv dhia tau ntau hoob heev cia lis mus kawm cov hoob siab uas kuv xav kawm tiag. Vim kuv xeem ntawv AP pab tau kuv hlav cov hoob no thiab ua kuv kawm tias sai.”

—Brent Wiese, University of Iowa

Tseg Nyiaj

Yog koj kawm AP thiab xeem AP tau zoo koj yuav tau credit tom ntau lub college thiab university.

“Kuv kawm ntau hoob AP thaum kuv nyob high school vim lawv qhia tau zoo thiab kuv nyiam heej. Thaum kuv mus txog college, kuv pom tau hais tiam kuv twb kawm tiav ib xyoo college vim kuv tau kawm AP es lawv muab credit rau kuv. Kuv kawm tiav tom University of Michigan lub business school sai li ib xyoo ua ntej thiab pab kuv tseg $30,000 nuj nqi tsis tau them vim cov credit AP kuv kawm nyob high school yog dawb xwb”.—Nikki Baker, University of Michigan

AP ua rau cov college pom koj“Tom Harvard ib qhov ua qhia rau peb hais tias lawv yuav kawm tau thiab tsis tau yog lawv qhov qhab nees thaum lawv xeem ntawv AP.”

—William R. FitzsimmonsDean of Admissions, Harvard University

“Xeem ntawv AP qhia tau hais tias yeej nyuab heev tias sis lawv kawm tau tiag. Ib lub college txawv ib lub tias sis yog kuv yog ib tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv kuv yuav tsum paub hais tias cov college saib hoob AP muaj nuj nqi ces kuv yuav tsum saib kom muaj nuj nqi thiab.”

—Bruce Walker, Director of AdmissionsUniversity of Texas at Austin

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Tau xyaum xeem ntawv qib siab li collegeCov ntawv xeem tom college nyuab heev thiab ua rau ntau tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv ceeb:

“Cov tub ntxhais uas tau kawm thiab xeem ntawv AP paub npab mus xeem ntawv thaum lawv mus college thiab lawv yuav paub sauv ib qhov thesis thiab npab cav yam lawv tseeg. Lawv kuj tsis ntshai thaum yuav tau xeem ntawv nyob qib college vim lawv yeej tau xeem dua thiab lawv txawj lawm.”

—Robert Blackey, Professor of HistoryCSU, San Bernardino

Tshais ib kauj ruam ua ntej“Thaum kuv xeem ntawv AP English nyob high school, kuv khaj nees xeem tau yog 3 xwb tiam sis vim kuv nyiam kawm English heev, kuv txog college kuv mus kawm English hoob 111. Hoob no zoo kiag li kuv hoob AP kuv kawm thaum nyob high school ua rau kuv paub teb cov lus nug, txhua yam yooj yim dua. Vim kuv kawm AP kuv thiaj li nyob ib kauj ruam ua ntej cov tus ntxhais kawm ntawv college hauv kuv hoob vim kuv paub cov ntawv thiab paub nqis tes ua.”

—Anne Elliott, University of Connecticut

Kawm hoob AP yuav kim los yog raug nqi li cas?

• Hoob AP thiab xeem ntawv AP yog tsim los ntawm lub College Board uas yog ib luv koomhoom pab tub ntxhais kom lawv kawm tau zoo and ua lub neej zoo. Lawv tsis yog ib lub koomhaum uas tau nyiaj rau laws tu connect to college success and opportunity.

• Kawm hoob AP yog dawg tsis muaj nqi them li.

Nqi Xeem Hoob AP (Thaum kawm hoob tag)Xeem ntawv AP thaum kawm tag yog $89, qhov nqi no yog pab lub koomhaum College Board:

1) npab, luam, xav, thiab sojntsuam cov ntawv xeem.

2) pab luv nqi qhia ntawv rau cov xibfwb

3) nrhiav kev pab cov hoob kawm ntawv

4) pab kev kawm ntawv

Nqi Xeem Ntawv AP

• Rau cov tub ntxhais uas tsis muaj nyiaj, lub College Board mam pab muaj qhov nqi txo kom qis dua. Yog tus tub ntxhais kawm ntawv noj mov dawb los yog luv nqi ces D.C. Everest mam pab them qhov nqi kom tag.

Qhab Nees Xeem Ntawv AP

5 – Kawm Tau Zoo Tshaj PlawsKawm tau li tus A nyob tom college.

4 – Kawm Tau Zoo KawgKawm tau li tus B nyob college

3 – Kawm Tau Zoo TxausKawm tau li tus C thiab B nyob college.

2 – Kawm Zoo Tsis Tshua TxausKawm tau li tus C thiab D nyob college

1 – Kawm Tsis Tau Zoo

Hoob AP Muaj tom D.C. Everest:• Math - AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, BC

• English – AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition

• Science – AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Environmental Science

• Business - Accounting

• Art – Studio Art

• Social Studies – AP Human Geography, AP U.S. History, AP European History, AP World History, AP Psychology, AP American Government, AP Macro Economics, AP Comparative Politics

Social StudiesPaul Aleckson

Tus Npab Cov Ntaub Ntawv Qhia Social Studies

D.C. Everest Social Studies DepartmentHoob AP Nyob Rau Sab Social Studies

• Hoob 9– AP United States Government and Politics (1 credit)

• Hoob 10 – Muaj peb hoob tiam sis menyuam xaiv tai ib hoob xwb xws li: AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP European History (cov hoob no mus raws txoj cais kawm World Studies)

{Cov nyob hoob 10 xaiv tau ib hoob AP ntxiv tiam sis yuav tsum yog AP nyob rau sab Social Science}

D.C. Everest Social Studies DepartmentHoob AP Nyob Rau Sab Social Studies

• Hoob 11– AP U.S. History

(1 credit mus raws txoj cai kawm US History kom thiaj tau kawm tiav High School)

  Hoob 12– Social Science electives –

AP Comparative Politics (1/2 cr.) (So-Sr.)

AP Economics (1/2 cr.) (So-Sr.)

AP Psychology (1 cr.) (Jr-Sr.)

English (Nyeem thiab Sau Ntawv)

Mrs. Kelly Thompson

Tus Npab Cov Ntaub Ntawv Qhia Eeskiv

Sijhawm Xaiv Kawm Eeskiv

• Hoob 9 = English 9 or English 9 Honors

• Hoob 10 = English 10 or English 10 Honors

Sijhawm Xaiv Kawm Eeskiv

Hoob 11

• Writing Workshop + Reading-Emphasis Course

OR

• AP Language & Composition

Sijhawm Xaiv Kawm Eeskiv

AP Language & Composition

• Xyaum sau ntawv

• Nyeem yam ntawv uas sau txog tig neeg tiag tiag thiab yam muaj tseeb xwb

• Yog kom peb xav kom kawm thaum nyob hoob 11 tiam sis kawm tau thaum nyob hoob 12 thiab.

Sijhawm Xaiv Kawm Eeskiv

Hoob 12

• AP Literature & Composition

OR

• AP Language & Composition

OR

• Any combination of English electives

Sijhawm Xaiv Kawm Eeskiv

AP Literature & Composition

• Nyeem thiab sau ntawv

• Nyeem ntawv lomzem thiab pajhuam

• Yuav tsum tau ua li no: Nyob hoob 12 thiab kawm AP Language & Composition (los yog Writing Workshop + Reading-Emphasis Course)

MathematicsLej

Mark Schommer

Tus Npab Cov Ntaub Ntawv Qhia

Txoj kev mus kawm Honors thiab AP yog xws li…

Honors Algebra

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Honors Algebra

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Pre-Calculus

Pre-Calculus

AP Statistics

AP Statistics

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC

AP Calculus BC

Nws muaj ob peb txoj hauv keg taug tiam sis tseem ceeb tshaj ces yog kom tus

menyuam kawm raws qhov nws nyiam thiab kawm tau. Nrog tus career cluster los yog

xibfwb tham yog xav paub ntxiv.

Yog koj muaj dabtsi xav paub ntxiv los xav nug hu tau nrog cov hauv qab no tham raws sab lawv qhia.

Business-ahoffmann@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4120

English/World Language- kthompson@dce.k12.wi.us

Math -mschommer@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4250

Science – sabel@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4405

Social Studies – paleckson@dce.k12.wi.us 715-359-6561 x 4353