ap & honors courses
Honors Courses
Providence Catholic welcomes the challenge of gifted
academic students and provides them with honors courses to meet
their needs. Honors courses are intended to challenge and
promote independent logical thinking, good study skills and
academic achievement. Honors courses receive
weighted grades. Students are invited to participate in
honors courses based on the following criteria:
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Students must score in the 85th percentile or above in the
particular academic subject area on the entrance exam.
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The student’s academic ability must be verified by the
elementary or junior high school.
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Students must be invited to participate in honors courses
by the Providence administration.
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Students must maintain a "B" or better grade for each
semester in order to take honors courses in a particular
subject area the following year.
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Students in honors courses must demonstrate high motivation
and good work and study habits.
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Students seeking admission into an honors course must have
the approval of the chairperson of the academic department
in which the course is taken. Selection criteria will
include academic performance, motivation, study habits and
attitude.
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Students who did not take honors courses as freshmen but
wish to take them after freshman year must have an "A" in
the subject matter for each semester of the previous year
and also receive the recommendation of the department
chairperson.
The honors &
AP courses offered at
Providence Catholic are:
Freshman Year |
Soph.
Year |
Junior
Year |
Senior
Year |
English 1 Honors |
English 2 Honors |
English 3 Honors |
English 4 Honors |
Algebra 1 Honors |
Algebra 2 Honors |
AP English
Lang. & Comp. |
AP English
Lit. & Comp. |
Algebra 2 Honors* |
Geometry Honors |
Algebra 2 Honors |
Pre-Calculus Honors |
Biology
Honors |
Chemistry Honors |
Pre-Calculus Honors |
Calculus Honors |
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AP U.S. History |
Physics Honors |
AP
Calculus AB |
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AP
Statistics |
AP Statistics |
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Language 3 |
AP Biology |
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AP
European History |
Advanced
Chemistry |
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AP Music Theory |
AP
European History |
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AP U.S.
Govt. & Politics |
AP Spanish Lang. |
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AP
Psychology |
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AP Music
Theory |
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AP U.S.
Govt. & Politics |
* Double
Weighted |
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AP Studio
Art |
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Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement courses are available for students who are
capable of sustaining the demands these courses impose. All
students taking Advanced Placement courses are required to
complete the Advanced Placement examination at the end of the
school year. Students must to have approval to take these
courses. Providence Catholic reserves the right to add or delete
Advanced Placement courses. Like Honors
courses, AP classes receive weighted
grades. The courses and the
academic year they are
available for students are listed above.
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Weighted Grades
Honors courses receive weighted grades beginning in the
freshman year. Each academic year features two or more weighted
courses. In sophomore, junior and senior years, additional
weighted courses and Advanced Placement Courses (also weighted)
are available and encouraged. Grades in weighted courses receive
more quality points than grades in non-weighted courses. Quality
points affect grade point average and, therefore, class rank.
The student transcript, which is forwarded to colleges and
universities, will indicate honors courses and AP courses.
The point value assigned to letter grades for weighted classes
is as follows:
A=5 B=4 C=3 D=1 F=0
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