To expose students to professionals that make a difference and are directly related to their academic trajectory in high school.
To support students’ skill development beyond their regularly scheduled day.
To build structures in which AP teachers act as coaching mentors for students.
To help prospective 9th & 10th grade AP students gain an understanding of the AP program experience by engaging with current AP students.
To group students in small working groups for collaboration, mutual support and accountability.
To support students who are struggling and considering dropping the AP course will be encouraged to remain in the class.
To build a resource that ensures each student is supported in a 1:1 relationship with an adult in the building.
Students develop metacognitive study skills that they can apply in their AP courses, non-AP courses, and, if applicable, adapt for advanced study.
To increase student comprehension and engagement with material by teaching them how to decide which kinds of annotation strategies to use.
To support students seeking college alternatives, trade options, varied legal status, and financial constraints for post-secondary plans.
