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How the first week of junior year felt.

Summer programs, while sometimes useful and engaging, can handicap students heading into the challenging honors and AP classes   

Anika Kapasi December 2, 2023

After experiencing 13 “first days of school” — from pre-K to junior year — I am always left bored from listening to teachers talking about their class syllabus for an hour or annoyed at time wasted...

Some AP classes, such as Calculus and Statistics, are better at incorporating real-life examples into their curriculum.

AP classes need to do more than simply prepare students for the AP test

Saachi Jain November 15, 2023

As a result of the school’s rigorous academic culture and college admissions pressures, an increasing number of students tend to pile up on AP classes, especially during their junior and senior years....

Physics teacher Matthew Welander explains an AP Physics C concept to students during a tutorial.

AP Physics C course sees record high enrollment with three sections

Kevin Yang October 14, 2023

A record three classes of 70 students are taking AP Physics C taught by Matt Welander this year. The class has grown from one section of 32 students last year.  AP Physics C is an advanced class...

100-word rave: Final exams for AP classes are rightfully before APs

100-word rave: Final exams for AP classes are rightfully before APs

Sanjoli Gupta May 6, 2023

Imagine this awful alternative universe: It’s the beginning of June. You’re stressed and, despite taking the AP exam three weeks ago, you have to keep studying for the final exam in, say, AP Environmental...

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