Welcome to the official page for all things Advanced Placement US Government & Politics at Staunton High School. This page will be your home base for copies of class documents, presentations and other information that will help you succeed on the AP Test. For assignments, you will refer to Google Classroom and for other assessments, please see the other links provided.

The 5 Core Principles of the course are:

• Command of the Constitution lies at the center of this course, the touchstone for informed citizenship and scholarship.
• Students are not spectators but analysts; they must analyze the documents and debates that formed our republic and animate public life today.
• Knowledge matters.
• We can’t avoid difficult topics, but we can insist on a principled attention to the best arguments on both sides as students read and write.
• Civic knowledge is every student’s right and responsibility.

The 2019-20 school year will be my 11th year teaching APGOV and our second year with the newly redesigned test. This year will introduce some new and exciting resources for AP students and I look forward to sharing this journey with you.