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Below find some commonly asked questions and answers about the Advanced Placement Program at Father Bressani Catholic High School
Below find some commonly asked questions and answers about the Advanced Placement Program at Father Bressani Catholic High School
What is the difference between AP and IB? Click below.
How do I know what university accepts the AP credit? Click below.
apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit-placement/search-policies
What are good resources for the AP student to explore?
Students should create a College Board account. This will allow them to navigate the Collegeboard website where there are various resources, information and activities for all of the AP courses offered at Father Bressani Catholic High School. Click Below.
What is a good source of information for students and parents about the AP Program? Click Below.
What is the difference between placement and credit?
Placement allows the student to take more advanced courses but does not award actual university credits, while credit allows the student to use their score for university credit in said subject.
Do students have to take the full complement of AP courses in Grade 9 and 10?
Students must take the four AP courses offered in grades 9 and 10. In grade 11 and 12 there are more options and choices for the student to make about the AP courses he or she would like. If you would like to see a list of the AP courses offered, click below.
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What is the York Catholic District School Board's policy concerning transportation?
All identified gifted students living further than 4.8 km from the school (as per Board Policy 203) have access to transportation to the nearest PACE center.
Grade 8 students previously enrolled in a PACE centre entering high school, will be eligible for transportation.
Approved level 4 students, as per admission criteria, will not be eligible for board transportation and should make their own arrangements.
*Note: All students living within 4.8 km distance (as per Board Policy 203) are not eligible for transportation*
Giftedness
Only those students who fall into one of the two categories below may be granted entry into a grade 9 YCDSB PACE Program as a Gifted Student:
CATEGORY 1:
STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED A GRADE 8 YCDSB PACE PROGRAM
These students are granted automatic entry into the secondary PACE/AP program based on their home address.
CATEGORY 2:
STUDENTS WHO DID NOT PREVIOUSLY ATTEND A GRADE 8 YCDSB PACE PROGRAM
These students require the following as proof of Giftedness to gain entry into the PACE program based on their home address:
A copy of a psychological report which includes the results of an individually administered cognitive assessment* (e.g., WISC, WAIS, Stanford Binet etc.);
The psychological assessment must have been completed when the student’s age was chronologically appropriate for grade 3 or later, or when the student was at least 8 years old;
The cognitive assessment must be completed by a registered Psychologist or Psychological Associate; and
The cognitive assessment results must indicate a Full Scale or General Ability Index (GAI) at or above the 98th percentile.
*NOTE: The YCDSB Psychological Services Department must review the cognitive assessment to determine whether the student meets YCDSB criteria for Giftedness. YCDSB students who have previously been identified as Gifted at a YCDSB Identification Placement and Review Committee meeting do not require additional screening by Psychological Services Staff.
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