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Advanced Placement
2023 AP Exams
AP Testing will be taking place May 1 - 11. Click here to see the detailed schedule. Please note that some exams start at 8:00 AM - NOT our regular 8:30 school start time. Doors for the 8:00 AM tests will open at 7:45 AM. Be sure to make the necessary arrangements to arrive on time. Afternoon exams will run past our regular dismissal time.
Students should make sure they have the necessary materials for their tests (pencils, pens, calculators, Chromebooks, etc.). Click here for a list of what to bring and what not to bring. Students taking exams that allow calculators should make sure they are fully charged or have fresh batteries. Click here for the Calculator Policy. For a list of approved calculators, click here.
AP English Lit, English Lang, and Computer Science Principles Students: A school issued Chromebook is required to take this exam. Personal devices are not allowed. Please go to the AV Office to check out a Chromebook if you need one. Please test the digital app prior to the exam. Don't forget to fully charge your Chromebook the night before.
For further questions about the AP program or about exams, you can visit the College Board website at collegeboard.org. Good luck on your tests!
2023 AP Exam Schedule
What to Bring
AP Calculator Policy
List of Approved Calculators
AP Art & Design Digital Portfolios Now Open
AP Art and Design submission is 100% digital. All work is submitted through the AP Digital Portfolio this year. 2-D Art and Design and Drawing physical works are no longer mailed to the AP Program. CLICK HERE to log into the AP Digital Portfolio.
Students are responsible for submitting their work to the AP Program. You’ll no longer submit Art and Design portfolios to the AP Program, and teachers no longer forward portfolios to you. Students must submit their portfolio components as final in the AP Digital Portfolio to the AP Program by the May 5, 8 p.m. ET, deadline to be scored.
All three AP Art and Design Portfolio Exams contain two sections: Sustained Investigation (60% of total score) and Selected Works (40% of total score). Review the Sustained Investigation and Selected Works section overviews for guidance on building your portfolio. Requirements for the three courses differ slightly.
AP Course Offerings
El Camino offers a variety of College Board approved Advanced Placement courses. AP offerings are year-long, rigorous college-level courses. At the conclusion of each AP course, students take a comprehensive examination. By earning a passing score (3, 4, or 5) on the exam, students may receive college units for each test passed.
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Why Take an AP Course?
Why take an AP Course? Read the article here: Link
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AP Exams Overview
For an overview of AP Exams click this: Link
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About AP Scores
To learn more about AP scores, click this: Link
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Earn your AP Capstone Diploma: AP Seminar and AP Research
We now offer both capstone courses: AP Seminar and AP Research
You may be asking yourself...what is AP Seminar? What is AP Research? Is it History? Science? English? Math? Art? The answer is...a little bit of everything.
AP Seminar and AP Research are interdisciplinary courses. This means that it does not fit under any content discipline. Rather, it is a course that focuses upon the necessary skills that we need to be successful in every class in high school and beyond.
Students in Seminar will investigate topics in a variety of subject areas, write research-based reports, and design and give presentations both individually and as part of a team.
In Research, the student will select a topic and design an experiment where original data is collected, analyzed and report their findings in a paper and presentation (no traditional AP exam for this class).
Upon successful completion of both courses, students will become candidates for the prestigious AP CAPSTONE DIPLOMA. For more information about AP Seminar and/or AP Research and the Capstone Diploma, please contact tour Capstone Instructor Stephanie Gonzales, or you can visit this link at the College Board website.
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New Course: AP Spanish Literature and Culture
New for the 2022-23 School Year
The AP Spanish Literature and Culture course uses a thematic approach to introduce students to representative texts (short stories, novels, poetry, plays, and essays) from Peninsular Spanish, Latin American, and U.S. Hispanic literature. Students develop proficiencies across the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational) in the range of Intermediate High to Advanced Mid of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines. Through careful examination of the required readings and other texts, students work to hone their critical reading and analytical writing skills. Literature is explored within the contexts of its time and place, and students gain insights on the many voices, historical periods, and cultures represented in the required readings and other texts. The course also includes a strong focus on cultural, artistic, and linguistic connections and comparisons, which is supported by the exploration of various media (art, music, film, articles, and literary criticism). AP Spanish Literature and Culture is equivalent to a college or university survey course of literature written in Spanish at the first level counted towards a major in this subject area.
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2023 Exam Schedule
2023 AP Exams
AP Testing will be taking place May 1 - 12. Click below for a detailed testing schedule.
2023 AP Exam Schedule
