AP Program

The Advanced Program
	Resources & Links Program Overview; a powerpoint presentation shown at the Open House in Feb 2005 (Requires Powerpoint or the Powerpoint Viewer) The AP Program Brochure sent feeder schools The AP Program description in the school handbook AP Canada; information about the Advanced Placement Program in Canada U of M AP Policy U of W AP Policy Brandon AP Policy Did You Know That... Grant Park is unique in offering an Advanced Program of studies from Grade 7 through S4. We attract students from all over the city with the Advanced Program - complemented by our amazing Performing Arts program! Grant Park graduated 5 AP National Scholars in 2004 - our largest number ever. These students completed at least 5 AP exams with an average score of 4 or higher (on a 5-point scale). There were approximately 100 in all of Canada that year! Grant Park offers the widest range of AP courses in Manitoba - we added AP Environmental Science and AP European History in 2005. Students in the AP program are involved in a wide array of extracurricular activities - from athletics to performing arts! Students in the AP program regularly win top scholarships and awards Students may complete an entire first year of university in Grant Park's AP Program! Approximately 65 students wrote 150 AP exams in May 2005!
Grant Park's Advanced Program offers academically gifted students the opportunity to pursue their studies at a level beyond that set by the Manitoba Department of Education. The program offers Advanced courses in all the major subject areas beginning in Grade 7 and culminates with students participating in the internationally recognized Advanced Placement Program in their Senior 3 and Senior 4 years. Those students who sucessfully complete AP Exams in this program may earn University credit or standing.

The Advanced Program of Studies
Grade 7, 8 & Senior 1 The school uses several criteria for selecting students for the Advanced Program at these grade levels - a parent checklist/evaluation; report cards with teacher comments; a set of 3 standardized "abilities" tests; & a mathematics problem solving test. We may also contact teachers for personal references, with parents' permission. Successful applicants study all four core subjects at the Advanced level - Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. French is an option but can be pursued at the Advanced level beginning in Senior 1. Students in Senior 1 are given the option of pursuing a Math/Science stream and/or a Social Studies/Language Arts stream of studies Students will be accelerated considerably in both Mathematics and Science. Students will receive both Senior 1 and Senior 2 Advanced Science credits at the end of their Senior 1 year.
Senior 2 - Senior 4 The Advanced Program no longer tests students entering after Senior 1. In Senior 2 & 3, the Advanced English, French, Social Studies and Mathematics courses continue to be "accelerated" and "enriched" versions of their regular S2 and S3 counterparts. In Senior 2, students in the Advanced Sciences pursue S3 Advanced Biology and/or S3 Advanced Chemistry In Senior 3, students in the Advanced Sciences may pursue the AP Chemistry, AP Environmetal Science and the Senior 3 Advanced Physics courses. In Senior 3, many humanities students pursue the AP Psychology program and some may pursue an AP course in Comparative Government, Human Geography or European History In Senior 4, students pursue AP subjects in English Literature, English Language, French Language, Spanish Language, Computer Science, Biology, Physics, European History, or Studio Art

Updated 23-May-2005