Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

The Jackson School District is proud to offer its honor students an opportunity to gain college credits by enrolling in year-long courses which prepare them to take the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Test. The AP test is given to students in May. Students successfully completing this examination may be eligible to receive college credit for their high school work at any of the participating colleges and universities. Students enrolled in an AP course are required to take the AP Exam, administered by the College Board. Please refer to this link for additional AP information and requirements.  

Honors Courses

Courses designated as honors level are designed to provide greater in-depth investigation into a particular subject area. They will be assigned additional grade weight. Placement into an honors level course is determined according to the following criteria: NJSLA scores may be considered, writing samples, teacher and counselor recommendations, and grades. 

College Prep Courses

Courses are considered “College Prep” if they do not carry either of the above AP or Honors distinctions. These courses may be taken by either college bound or non-college bound students. 

Special Education Courses

All Special Education courses (0900 numbers) are designed to fulfill students’ Individualized Education Plans. The department offers programs such as in-class resource center, pull-out resource center, and specialized self-contained classes that also include the implementation of social and emotional, vocational, life , and workplace readiness skills. These offerings enable the students to be educated to the maximum extent appropriate, in the least restrictive environment.

Although we do our best to provide every student with every course he/she wishes to take, scheduling conflicts sometimes make this impossible and alternate course choices must be made. Course offerings may be closed due to budget constraints, teacher availability, or lack of student requests

Level changes should be made in consultation with counselors, teachers and parents/guardians. Level changes from a standard level course to a higher level of the same course should be made only after counseling with the department supervisor. Changes to a higher level must be made within 5 school days (10 for A/B) from the beginning of the course. The deadline for level changes down is 10 school days (20 for A/B) after the start of the course. There must be an open seat in the requested course in order for the change to be initiated. Maintaining acceptable class size will be a priority. In addition, the student is responsible for missed work.