Honors and Advanced Placement
Honors and Advanced Placement
Attention ALL AP Students
Time to pay for your 2024-2025 AP exams
Make sure you already registered through MyAP at https://myap.collegeboard.org/login.
Payment Information
When: TBA
How Much: $5 per test
Payments can be made at:
Student Store
Accountant Office
Online (Coming Soon)
About the AP Program
The AP program gives students the opportunity to take college-level courses and exams while still in high school. There are 35 courses in 19 different subject areas, offered by nearly 14,000 secondary schools around the world; in 2001, 1.4 million exams were taken by 845,000 students. Students enjoyed the challenge of taking AP courses with enthusiastic classmates and teachers; high school faculty find that AP courses enhance the student confidence and academic interests as well as their schools reputation; and college faculty report that AP students are far better prepared for serious academic work.
Course Requirements
AP courses have no specific requirements and are available to all students who wish to participate in the program. However, most classes have certain prerequisites which must be met before you can become enrolled in the course (i.e. essays, teacher recommendations, GPA, etc.) Contact Matt Tassinari for more information regarding specific course requirements. Learn more at apcentral.collegeboard.com
Why Take AP Courses
AP gives you the chance to try college-level work in high school, and to gain valuable skills and study habits for college. If you get a "qualifying" grade on the AP Exam, there are thousands of colleges worldwide that will give credit or advanced placement for you efforts. But, that's just one reason to get involved in AP. Other reasons include:
Benefits of AP
AP awards
Time and money saved in college
The chance to challenge yourself by studying a subject in depth
College credit
First year sophomore in college
AP Classes Offered at PHS
Available AP Courses
AP Art History
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Computer Science Principles
AP English Language and Composition 11
AP English Language and Composition 12
AP Environmental Science
AP European History
AP Human Geography
AP Music Theory
AP Physics 1
AP Psychology
AP Spanish Language and Culture
AP Statistics
AP U.S. Government and Politics
AP U.S. History
AP World History: Modern
Contact Information
AP Program Supervisor
Matt Tassinari
Room 506