From collegeboard.org:
"The Advanced Placement Program® (AP) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.
The program consists of college-level courses developed by the AP Program that high schools can choose to offer, and corresponding exams that are administered once a year.
Benefits
Taking AP courses and exams can help students:
* Stand out on college applications. AP courses on a student’s transcript shows that they’ve challenged themselves with the most rigorous courses available to them. And success on an AP Exam shows that they’re ready for college-level coursework.
* Earn college credit and/or skip introductory courses in college. Most four-year colleges and universities in the United States—as well as many institutions in more than 100 other countries—grant students credit, placement, or both for qualifying AP Exam scores. Search credit policies by college."
AP Courses offered at DHS for the 2023-2024 school year:
* AP Human Geography (9th)
* AP World History (10th)
* AP Seminar (10th)
* AP Language & Composition (11th)
* AP United States History (11th)
* AP Biology
* AP Chemistry
* AP Environmental Science
* AP Physics 1
* AP Statistics
* AP English Literature & Composition (12th)
* AP Calculus AB