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CHS partners with AdvanceKentucky to expand AP course offerings 'While Campbellsville High School currently offers several AP courses, as a result of this partnership, even more will be available for the 2016-2017 school year. Courses include computer science, biology, English, U.S. history and much more.' Click on headline for complete story Calen McKinney> Campbellsville High School students will soon have the chance to take even more advanced classes to prepare for college. CHS recently formed a partnership with AdvanceKentucky to expand its lineup of Advanced Placement course offerings. As a result, students who take the courses and then pass subsequent exams will receive cash rewards for doing so. CHS is the only school in Taylor County to have such a partnership with AdvanceKentucky. According to an AdvanceKentucky news release, CHS is one of eight public high schools invited to participate in the newest cohort, which supports schools in implementing the National Math and Science Initiative College Readiness Program, via a partnership between Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Science and Technology Corp. CHS and the other schools were recognized on Wednesday, April 13, at a Kentucky Board of Education meeting. The news release states that AdvanceKentucky programs involve content-rich teacher training and extensive support and incentives for students and teachers for achieving scores on AP exams in math, science and English that can qualify for college credit. While CHS currently offers several AP courses, as a result of this partnership, even more will be available for the 2016-2017 school year. Courses include computer science, biology, English, U.S. history and much more. In addition to CHS, the other schools now partnering with AdvanceKentucky are Boyd, Fleming, Mason and Nelson counties and Central, Elizabethtown Independent and Thomas Nelson high schools. The news release states that, among the 6,200 students in the nine schools, 53 percent are eligible for free/reduced lunch and 21 percent are minority. At CHS, all students qualify for free lunch. Letter of Agreement are in the works with the schools, which alone project about 2,400 students to enroll in their AP courses. At CHS, it is estimated that about 100 of the nearly 300 students will enroll in at least one AP course. With the additional schools, according to the release, half of the public high schools in Kentucky will have participated in the AdvanceKentucky program. AP qualifying scores earned in mathematics, science and English, starting with first-year increases by every group of schools that outpace national rates. The release states that AdvanceKentucky students have earned significantly higher ACT scores, and, upon high school graduation, have gone to college at higher rates with significantly fewer taking remedial classes. Students from AdvanceKentucky schools have also earned higher GPAs each year in college. CHS Principal Kirby Smith said he is excited to partner with AdvanceKentucky to help even more of his students take courses that will help them realize their true potential "We are very excited to expand our AP course offerings, and hope students will take advantage of the additional classes. Our teachers are working hard to develop new AP course material that will challenge students and help them excel." Through its partnership with AdvanceKentucky, CHS teachers will receive training this summer to help them implement the new AP courses. Funding for those courses will be provided through the partnership. Also, AdvanceKentucky will provide funding for incentives for students passing the AP exams at the end of their courses. Teachers will also receive stipends for their students who pass. And, the partnership will provide assistance for students to pay AP exam fees. CHS Guidance Counselor Richard Dooley is working to schedule students for the new classes. "Students have long expressed interest in taking AP courses, and we are very proud to expand our offerings. It's great to see students want to be challenged." Campbellsville Independent Schools Instructional Supervisor Kent Settle said the additional AP course offerings will set CHS apart from high schools in the area. "CHS already does a great job at offering courses that allow students to excel in areas that are challenging and will prepare them for college," he said. "With our partnership with AdvanceKentucky, this will continue for years to come." CIS Superintendent Mike Deaton said CHS students are already getting a top-notch education. Working with AdvanceKentucky, however, will help the school - which became a distinguished high school last year for the first time ever - further strengthen its educational offerings. "AdvanceKentucky will help CHS move to the next level," he said. "With the funding this partnership will provide, CHS teachers will be able to help even more students fulfill their potential. This will set CHS apart as one of the top high schools in the area. "It's also noteworthy that a smaller high school like Campbellsville High School will now be able to offer a much broader and more rigorous curriculum." AdvanceKentucky is an initiative of Kentucky Science and Technology Corp., in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education and its Race to the Top program, Appalachian Regional Commission, Berea College Outreach Programs and others. KSTC is the state's affiliate of the National Math and Science Initiative, whose mission is to replicate a proven model for enrolling many more students in AP math, science and English programs to better prepare them for college. Its open enrollment strategies dramatically expand preparation for, access to, and success in AP Math, Science, English, particularly among populations traditionally underrepresented in AP. Calen McKinney is Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools (CIS) This story was posted on 2016-04-14 06:32:30
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