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It may be only April, but at this point, all of us are thinking about upcoming AP exams (well, not quite all- we love our Honors students too!), and your teachers are offering all kinds of suggestions for how to do your best on exam day. And, in case you don’t have enough exam tips already, our newspaper staff has put together our top suggestions for absolutely acing your APs.
I took my first AP exam last year. My teacher had made sure that my whole class was very prepared, so although I felt nervous when I arrived at my exam location (a local school), it was an amount of ‘nervous’ that I could handle pretty well.
Then, partway through the Multiple-Choice Questions, I realized that the exam was relaxing, and that I was having fun. Here I was, spending my morning reading cozy poetry (the specific poem I was on featured a well-worn blue coat and a flock of chickens) and getting post-secondary credits at the same time. If I could spend every morning reading cozy poetry and getting post-secondary credits, I certainly would.
Those of you in AP Calculus probably won’t be reading poems about chickens (and if the exam does involve chicken poems, you know something’s wrong). But you don’t need the encouragement of delightful poetry to believe that you can and will put your best exam foot forward. Don’t take a nap during the exam (someone did this during my friend’s exam last year), don’t bring your Apple watch into the exam room in a brazen attempt to cheat on the MCQs, and do take a look at the latest newspaper articles if you need a study break.
We published this edition a little bit earlier than the previous two, partly because we wanted to get those study snack rankings out there, and partly because we on the newspaper team have exams as well. Which brings me to my final point: a heartfelt thanks to everyone on the staff, who have put so much time and energy into this newspaper, and to Mrs. Inspektor, our wonderful faculty advisor. I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved together in PAH!’s first year, and I can’t wait to see this newspaper continue to develop next autumn. And of course, many thanks to all of you reading the newspaper; good luck, everyone!
Luisa Ensslin, Editor-in-Chief
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Here are some samples of the amazing work and achievements that AP Homeschoolers students produce!
Packed with awesome work from students across all kinds of AP and Honors classes, from writing on history and scientific research to personal essays and poetry, these pieces show the results of students exploring subjects they're passionate about and pushing themselves in challenging courses. Enjoy reading through all the different perspectives and ideas AP Homeschoolers students have been working on this year!
Classwork submissions for this issue were curated by Jireh Bell. Jireh draws, plays racquet sports, and competitively shoots pistol (national champ!); she's taking AP Calc, AP Lang, and AP Art History with PA Homeschoolers this year.
Apprehend us appraising at-home all-stars attaining aura (AKA accomplishments as absolutely amazing as alliteration).
Research Paper by Analiese S.
Written for Ms. Kress's AP Lang
Rhetorical Analysis by Sonnet Carter
Written for Ms. Kress's AP Lang
We welcome submissions for the fall issue (November 2026) from currently enrolled AP Homeschoolers!
Types of submissions we're hoping to see:
Ongoing: Share your AP Homeschoolers classwork with a broader audience! We would love submissions from all classes, including STEM and humanities classes. For example, we'd love to see you submit that research paper, essay about an economist, psychological study report, personal essay, novel analysis paper, history interview project, or exam-style essay you're particularly proud of! Any length (and work produced in previous years) is fine. Deadline: October/November 1st
Ongoing: Tell us about your accomplishments! For example, if you won a competition, performed in Carnegie Hall, got your novel published, performed Hamlet onstage, or climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, tell us about it (and share a photo if you wish). We'll share some of the most interesting submissions in each issue! Deadline: Oct/Nov 1st
Ongoing: Show us what you look like when you're "in class"! Share a photograph of yourself in some way participating in an AP Homeschoolers class along with a description of what you're doing. For example, you might be reading AP Lit books in your hammock, participating in a Zoom session, doing AP Chemistry experiments, or touring a AP US History-related site. We'll print some of these images in an upcoming issue, and AP Homeschoolers may also permanently feature a few on their main website! Deadline: Oct/Nov 1st
You can send in your contributions on our Submissions page.