AP Courses
CPHS AP STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AGREEMENT
Advanced Placement Courses:
Advanced Placement courses are college-level courses that provide students the opportunity to expand their educational experience beyond the regular program. Students who enroll in AP courses are expected to not only think critically and analyze and synthesize complex information, but also to develop the study skills and time management skills necessary to succeed in this academically rigorous environment.
Taking an AP course and exam is a collaborative effort between the student, the parent or guardian and the school. Each party plays a role and must make a commitment to meet the expectations noted below. A student's score on the AP exam in May can earn college credit at most colleges and universities.
A student who requests an AP course is required to complete all summer assignments for the course, if applicable.
A student will NOT be able to drop the course after the drop/add period in September.
Dropping the course after this deadline, will result in a withdrawal “W” on the transcript and receive no credit.
A “W” acts like an “F” in a student’s grade point average (i.e. “W” lowers the grade point average.)
Potential Consequences of Withdrawal:
post-secondary school acceptance, including two and four-year colleges or vocational/technical schools
ability to compete at the college level because of a lack of subject knowledge, which this course could have provided.
athletic eligibility; students must be passing 30 credits in order to be eligible.
Please understand that the AP inclusion on a student’s schedule is an implied contract. What that means is that in exchange for being enrolled in the course, the student agrees to sit for, and take very seriously the standardized assessment that accompanies that course. The AP exams are administered in May.
Students choosing not to sit for the exam in May will be required to take a course final exam at around the same time of the school year, which will count toward their course grade.
While the Cliffside Park School District covers the cost of AP exams, students cancelling after the pre-determined date will be responsible for any test or late cancellation costs.
Advanced Placement Courses
AP Language and Composition
AP Literature and Composition
AP US History II
AP European History
AP Psychology
AP Government and Politics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP PreCalculus
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Spanish Language and Culture
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP Physics 1
AP Music Theory