To model mental moves that support a growth mindset – a crucial step in students’ growth needed to be sucessful in AP.
To promote increased focus, class participation, and a sense of academic belonging.
To expose students to professionals that make a difference and are directly related to their academic trajectory in high school.
To help students develop alternative strategies for appropriately handling challenging problems.
To allow 9th and 10th grade students to gain insight into the daily structure and expectations of an AP class.
Prospective 9th & 10th grade AP students gain an understanding of the AP program experience by engaging with current AP students.
To support struggling students who may be considering dropping the AP course and encourage them to persist.
To build a resource that ensures each student is supported in a 1:1 relationship with an adult in the building.
To re-center adult experience and social-emotional needs around past and ongoing traumas.
Students reflect upon their AP academic experience in an open, safe environment with a trusted adult to determine strengths and areas of opportunity for next steps.
