1. AP and Dual Enrollment Night
Douglas County High School
January 23, 2018

2. Available Options Handout has AP and Honors courses for 2018-2019
Examples of dual enrollment courses taken this school year by DCHS students

3. AP & Dual Enrollment Classes
Provides more rigor that will challenge and prepare your student
Shows colleges/universities that your student is motivated and capable of handling the rigor
5 points added for AP (taken off for HOPE calculations)
3 points added for Honors (taken off for HOPE calculations)
College credit added to college and high school transcript for dual enrollment courses

4. What’s different? Honors and AP classes are more demanding
AP classes are similar to first year college courses
Students are asked to read and write more
Students must learn to evaluate and critically analyze material

7. Rigor vs. Final GPA
Many colleges and universities are more interested in students who take a course load that has academic rigor than one that has a 4.0 GPA without any rigorous coursework
Not only is rigor what the post-secondary schools are looking for, rigorous courses will help prepare you for success at the college level.

8. Hear from some of our instructional leads…

9. English- Ms. Victoria Burnett
AP Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition

10. Social Studies- Dr. Shona Brantley
AP United States Government and Politics
AP World History
AP United States History
AP Microeconomics
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology

11. Science- Mr. Robert Bennett
AP Biology
AP Chemistry

12. Math- Dr. Grant Fossum
AP Statistics
AP Calculus AB

13. Electives AP Computer Science Principles
AP Spanish Language and Culture

14. Question & Answer about AP

15. Dual Enrollment Process for DCHS Students
Dr. Joy Moses
Lead Counselor

16. Dual Enrollment 2018-2019 Georgia Highlands University of West Georgia
West Georgia Technical College