Advanced Placement (AP)

BRANHAM HIGH SCHOOL AP COURSES

If you are enrolling in an honors/AP course, you must complete the AP/Honors Contract. 

AP/Honors Contract 

Contracts are DUE: Friday March 8, 2024 

For more information about each course, please click the hyperlink with the associated course. Our departments have prepared a comprehensive informational video presentation. Please watch the entire video as departments have included multiple AP courses in one video for their subject matter. Any questions not answered will be answered in the parent information night on February 16, 2022.

BENEFITS OF TAKING AP COURSES

• Students who take an AP course are exposed to a college level curriculum.

• Students exposed to this curriculum have a higher rate of success in college than those who do not.

• Students who take an AP course and pass the corresponding exam with a 3 or better earn college level credit. *some colleges are requiring 4’s and 5’s, as previously stated. AP Credit Policy

• A student has the potential to start college already ahead of other freshman students.

• A student’s rigorous class schedule is beginning to become more important than overall GPA as it relates to college admissions.

• One of the greatest benefits of taking an AP course is the influence on students’ future college major/interests.

PRESENTATIONS