美联社顶点™ Program

美联社顶点™ is an innovative, rigorous, research-based program from the College Board. It capitalizes on the strengths of Norfolk Collegiate's current AP offerings to engage students in inquiry-based independent research, collaboration, and oral and written communication skills as they investigate contemporary issues and problems from multiple perspectives.

Based on two foundational courses—美联社研讨会 and 美联社的研究—the 美联社顶点™ program offers highly qualified students the opportunity to earn either the 美联社研讨会 and Research Certificate™ or the 美联社顶点 Diploma™.

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Norfolk Collegiate was the first school in Hampton Roads to offer 美联社顶点™, 一个严格的, research-based program that builds on our extensive catalog of discipline-specific AP courses.

Benefits of 美联社顶点™ Program

美联社顶点™ complements Norfolk Collegiate's academic priorities and initiatives in several ways, 包括:

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Inquiry-based Framework

美联社顶点's™ foundational courses are built on the "QUEST" framework. 通过这个, students question and explore; understand and analyze; evaluate; synthesize; and team, transform and transmit arguments drawn from contemporary issues and problems. This inquiry-based approach to research and argumentation reflects Collegiate's focus on developing critical thinkers, 读者, researchers and writers.
Technology Integration

The program's focus on 21st century research, writing and presentation skills is a natural fit with Collegiate's commitment to technology integration across our curriculum. Students employ the "QUEST" method of inquiry using state-of-the-art databases and technology-rich research and presentation tools available through the Stanton Library, the 1:1 iPad® program and the Beazley Communication 艺术 Suite.
Access and Success

Norfolk Collegiate offers AP courses in nearly 20 disciplines. On average, more than 70 percent of senniors have taken one or more of these courses. The 美联社顶点™ program builds on this tradition of access and success in rigorous, college-level courses.

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美联社研讨会

美联社研讨会, the first course in the 美联社顶点™ sequence, is taken during the junior year in conjunction with AP English Language and Composition. In this course, students develop their research, problem-solving and argumentation skills through the study of classical and contemporary rhetoric. The course culminates in a team project and presentation, an extensive research-based essay and oral presentation and the end-of-course 美联社研讨会 exam.
美联社的研究

Students who have successfully completed 美联社研讨会 have the opportunity to continue the program through the 美联社的研究 course, which extends the inquiry-based skills developed in 美联社研讨会. In this course, students embark on 一个严格的 program of individual research culminating in a 4,000-5,000 word academic paper, a multimedia presentation and oral defense of the research.

结果

Students who receive scores of three or higher in 美联社研讨会 and 美联社的研究, as well as on four additional AP course examinations, will receive the 美联社顶点 Diploma™.

Students who successfully complete 美联社研讨会 and 美联社的研究 but who do not receive scores of three or higher on at least four other AP exams will receive the 美联社研讨会 and Research Certificate™.

For additional information about 美联社顶点™, please contact 艾米·罗伯, 美联社顶点™ instructor, or Val奥尔蒂斯, assistant director of college counseling and academic advising.

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