Advanced Placement® or AP®
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Advanced Placement® is a College Board® program designed to offer a rigorous collegiate-like course experience for high school students.
Students who score at the high-end on the AP® exams may be able to earn college credit at some colleges and universities.
SPPS offers over 20 different AP® courses in seven of the high schools across the district.
Click here for additional information on Advanced Placement® programs from the College Board®.
Fast facts about AP® Exams from the College Board®
•In 2014, over 4.2 million exams were taken by more than 2.3 million students at over 19,000 high schools.
•The Advanced Placement Program® offers 36 courses in a wide variety of subject areas.
•The majority of U.S. high schools currently participate in the AP Program.
•Except for the three Studio Art exams, which are portfolio assessments, AP® Exams contain multiple-choice questions and a free-response section.
•More than 3,600 colleges and universities annually receive AP® Exam scores. Most four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying scores.
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AP® Sites and Coordinators
School
Coordinator
Contact Information
Central
Joleen Armstrong
651-744-4900
Como
Amelia (Milly) Feest
651-293-8800
Creative Arts
Eric Swan
651-292-3480
Humboldt
Jon Smith
651-293-8600
Johnson
Paul Schmitz
651-744-3617
Open World Learning Community
Rebecca Palmer
651-293-8670
Washington
Benjamin Stock
651-293-8830