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MANHASSET HIGH SCHOOL AP CAPSTONE PARENT PRESENTATION OCTOBER 26, 2017

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH • A current elective program in Social Studies • Consists of four courses--one full year introductory course, followed by 2 alternate- day full year courses, and culminates with a half-year Regeneron/Science Talent Search Prep course • After extensive evaluation and research, we have applied to the College Board to offer the AP Capstone program as a more rigorous and structured research program • Our existing social science research program would be phased out with the exception of the introductory elective course, open to 9 th and 10 th grade students • AP Capstone will not be open to Science Research students

Year 1 Course Description: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap- seminar-course-and-exam-description.pdf?course=ap-seminar

Year 2 Course Description: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-research-course-and- exam-description.pdf?course=ap-research

AP SEMINAR PLACEMENT CRITERIA Course is open to grade 10 and 11 students who are seeking an enriched 2-year social science research course sequence, are independently motivated and are able to work collaboratively. Requirements include: • Social Studies teacher recommendation based on academic maturity, outstanding work ethic and commitment to research • Pre-requisite final grade of A in SS9R or B+ in SS9 Pre-AP for grade 10 entry • Pre-requisite final grade of A in SS10R, A- in SS10H or B+ in AP World History for grade 11 entry • Recommended that students entering grade 10 not enroll in any additional elective courses due to the Health 10 requirement • Commitment: As per HS course catalog, courses cannot be dropped after the end of quarter 1, particularly due to the required group project for this course

AP RESEARCH PLACEMENT CRITERIA • Successful completion of AP Seminar; minimum final course grade of B+ • AP Seminar teacher recommendation

TIME COMMITMENT FOR AP CAPSTONE • According to schools that have participated in the AP Capstone program the time commitment is comparable to other AP courses. • Students must research, read deeply, write and rewrite on a very rigorous level similar to expectations in college. • Though there are fewer smaller tasks, the level at which students are asked to think and communicate is at a much deeper level. • Google classroom will be used to support ongoing student access and collaboration. (Note: there are required group projects)

AP CAPSTONE EXAM FEE • Current College Board exam fee is higher ($142) than other AP exams ($94) because students and teacher have access to the AP Capstone Digital Portfolio. • Resources available on the digital portfolio include EBSCO research database and Turnitin Originality Checker. • For this reason, once a student has posted a final draft of the through-course papers on the Digital Portfolio, the entire fee must be paid as required by the College Board.

MANHASSET HIGH SCHOOL IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR • 2018-2019: AP Seminar first offered • 2019-2020: AP Research will be offered • June 2020: First Capstone cohort will be eligible for AP Capstone diploma or AP Capstone certificate •

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