Overview

The Advanced Placement Program (AP) program is a set of college-level courses taught by Kings high school teachers.  The course content and syllabus are written by the College Board (university professors and AP teachers) to provide the academic rigor and challenge of a freshman college course.  AP Courses are open to all students who have met the course prerequisite and academic guidelines. 

What to Expect

Students who take AP courses can expect to:

• Devote more time and effort to class work and studies

• Read college-level textbooks

• Adapt to a course pace that is accelerated compared to honors courses

• Experience up to an hour of homework nightly

• Find that course grades are often heavily weighted towards exams and not homework

• Sit for the AP exam in May of each year. Each AP Exam costs $96.

AP Exams

Each year in May, students in AP classes will take the Advanced Placement Examinations.  Each examination is approximately three hours in length.  Final grades based on the student’s entire examination of free response and multiple-choice questions are reported on the five-point scale below.  In-state public colleges may grant credit for a score of 3 or higher.  Private and out of state schools generally issue credit for scores of 3 or higher, however, it is advisable to check with the admissions office for verification.  

The AP exam fee is separate from regular school course fees and is the responsibility of the student. It is collected in the fall of each year.

5 extremely qualified

4 well-qualified

3 qualified

2 possibly qualified

1 no recommendation

A Note on Taking the Exam and receiving additional weighted credit    

Students signing up for an AP course will be expected to take the AP exam in May. If for some reason approved by an administrator, a student is to be exempted from the exam, the additional weight to the grade for this class will not be applied, and the student will take a second semester exam in place of the AP exam. This student may also need to take an “End of Course” state assessment for that subject.

Students interested in the AP program should talk with their teachers/counselor and see AP course options by subject.

Overview

The College Credit Plus (CCP) program has been established to enhance students’ college and career readiness and postsecondary success by enabling college-ready students who qualify for college admission to take college-level courses for which they earn both high school and college credit upon successful completion of coursework.  There is increased responsibility that comes with taking these courses which can carry regular weight up to a +1.0 weight depending on course.

Kings High School and several area Institutions of Higher Learning (IHE) have partnered to offer selected courses with the same rigor and demands of the same course taken on a college campus. A limited number of courses are offered on-site at Kings, CCP courses can be completed online or off-site at the local college campus. If a student is enrolled in any CCP course and then not accepted to the IHE for CCP; weighted credit will not be applied at the end of the semester.

Please see our College Credit Plus 25-26 Information Sheet  and our College Credit Plus Handbook for more details. 

Program Risks

• Grades received through the CCP program are reflected twice; on both the high school and college transcript. If low grades are earned, they will not be dropped from the high school or college transcript.

• Grades will affect both GPA’s and can impact a student’s college admissions and eligibility for future scholarship consideration.  

• Credits are not guaranteed to transfer to private or out-of-state institutions.

• It is the student’s responsibility, along with their college academic advisor to evaluate course options and make course selections. KHS School Counselors take on a secondary role.

• Students taking CCP courses that receive a failing grade may be eliminated from the program going forward.

CCP Courses Offered On-Site at Kings
(subject to change)

• University of Cincinnati: Engineering Foundations 1, Engineering Modeling 2

• Sinclair: Business Calculus
                          

Students interested in the CCP program should talk with their counselor and see the College Credit Plus Handbook for more details.

Overview

The Ohio Department of Education’s plan for Credit Flexibility is designed to broaden the scope of curricular options available to students, increase the depth of study possible for a particular subject and allow tailoring of learning time and/or conditions.  It provides options for high school students to earn graduation credits through alternative ways outside of regularly scheduled classes. 

The key to this option is that the student drives the request to learn differently as well as the plan to earn the credit.  Each option requires a different level of student independence to successfully complete the coursework.  For this reason, all courses and students’ interest levels should be carefully considered. Areas of study include but are not limited to physical education, art appreciation, music, science, nature and more.

Types of Credit Flex include:

1. Taking an Online course

2. Proving mastery of course content

3. Developing an individual plan for an internship, field experience, community service, educational travel or independent study.

Credits earned through Credit Flex:

• Will result in a letter grade and be included in the calculation of a student’s grade point average (GPA).

• Will be reflected on the student’s transcript in the same way as traditional credits.

• Will not be weighted

• Will not be available as Pass/Fail with the exception of Physical Education which can be Pass/Fail and thus does NOT calculate in GPA.

Students interested in a Credit Flex option should talk with their counselor and see the KHS Credit Flex Guidebook for more details.