Honors  Designation at Revere High School allows students in all grade levels to earn a distinction on their transcript for working through their high school courses intentionally and consistently in ways that showcase their independent thinking, creative drive and perseverance.  Students at RHS can pursue an Honors  distinction by enrolling in an “Honors  section” of a core course or by working independently towards an “Honors  designation” in the core course. When students are demonstrating Honors -level work, they are “extending” their skill and performance in the content of the course.  Extension may look like “more” and may also look like “different” than students would experience were they not to pursue the Honors  distinction.  Enrichment and acceleration are hallmarks of the Honors  experience, with students working independently to engage in observation, analysis, synthesis and problem solving in ways that are not expected of all students.  To accomplish these goals, students are expected to be able to organize their time, to plan long­ term assignments, and to seek help when necessary, all on their own initiative. Examples of the kind of work students may do to earn Honors  Designation include the following:

• Connecting learning across multiple units of a course or to contexts beyond the course itself

• Drawing on additional sources and resources and bringing those into work products

• Practicing and demonstrating knowledge and skill of standards from later in the course or the next level of the course in relation to the current unit

• Demonstrating knowledge and skill at a higher level of Bloom’s Taxonomy than is asked in the core course

• Students proposing and executing an alternative solution to a project/summative task

• Students designing their own project/experiment/etc. or mode of completing a course task

• Students drawing on personal/community funds of knowledge and incorporating such connections into summative assessment

• Students independently using their learning to engage with the wider RHS/Revere community

• Advocating for oneself to seek teacher support after exhausting individual and collaborative alternatives

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses at Revere High School allow students to engage in a curriculum designated by the College Board.  Research consistently shows that students who take AP courses are better prepared for college than students who don’t take AP, regardless of their exam score. These students are more likely to enroll and stay in college, do well in their classes, and graduate in four years. Taking AP courses can help students: Get a Taste of College (Get familiar with college-level work—and boost your confidence by tackling it); Develop College Skills (Time management, critical thinking, scholarly writing—AP courses and exams help you hone the skills you’ll need in college and career);  Discover Your Passion (Studying a subject in depth could give you new insights and even put you on the path to a career.); Boost Your GPA (Taking an AP course and exam can boost your GPA.  Students may begin taking one Advanced Placement Course in 10th Graders.  Student enrolled in AP courses are required to take the AP exam.