To provide students with the tools they’ll need to manage the competing priorities that come with the rigor of AP coursework and their own lives.
To support students in developing a sense of responsibility for their studies, their class, and ultimately themselves.
To support students’ skill development beyond their regularly scheduled day.
To give students choice with regard to assignments and projects so that they have a voice in what they learn and how they demonstrate their learning.
To build structures in which AP teachers act as coaching mentors for students.
Prospective 9th & 10th grade AP students gain an understanding of the AP program experience by engaging with current AP students.
To encourage collaboration, mutual support, and accountability by creating small student working groups.
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 improve the timeliness and quantity of feedback in order to deepen understanding and improve learning.
