Does your FCPS IB HS also offer AP classes?

[Anonymous]

Wondering if all IB HS offer AP classes. I read on the Lee HS thread AP classes were added several years ago to stop pupil placing out. In another thread about Robinson secondary, a parent mentioned Robinson offers AP and IB classes. Why were AP classes added at Robinson?

Is this true for all IB HS in FCPS? Is there a IB program with only IB classes?

[Anonymous]

Robinson does

[Anonymous]

South Lakes offers one—AP Govt. But that is ending after this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Robinson does

No IB high school in FCPS offers close to a full menu of AP courses.

[Anonymous]

IB classes are just as good as AP ones, and internationally recognized.

[Anonymous]

Mount Vernon offers AP Statistics and AP Government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mount Vernon offers AP Statistics and AP Government.

The true AP schools usually have 25-30 AP courses.

[Anonymous]

Which AP courses are offered at Lee?

[Anonymous]

Robinson offers 5 AP courses: US history, US Govt, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Comparative Government in addition to all the IB courses (there over 60 IB courses, but these include courses for which there are 2 year sequences, each of the higher levels of language offered, and standard and higher level versions of many classes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Robinson offers 5 AP courses: US history, US Govt, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Comparative Government in addition to all the IB courses (there over 60 IB courses, but these include courses for which there are 2 year sequences, each of the higher levels of language offered, and standard and higher level versions of many classes).

If you prefer AP, five classes don’t cut it. Lots of kids transfer to Lake Braddock.

[Anonymous]

Marshall does not offer any AP classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:South Lakes offers one—AP Govt. But that is ending after this year.

Yeah, South Lakes loves killing off what little good it has.

[Anonymous]

Lee offers the following AP courses:

AP World History
AP US Government
AP US & Comparative Government
AP AB Calculus
AP BC Calculus
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Art: Art History

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lee offers the following AP courses:

AP World History
AP US Government
AP US & Comparative Government
AP AB Calculus
AP BC Calculus
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Art: Art History

That’s not many. What about sciences? Economics? Languages?

Does anyone know how many students enroll in AP classes at Lee?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Robinson offers 5 AP courses: US history, US Govt, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Comparative Government in addition to all the IB courses (there over 60 IB courses, but these include courses for which there are 2 year sequences, each of the higher levels of language offered, and standard and higher level versions of many classes).

If you prefer AP, five classes don’t cut it. Lots of kids transfer to Lake Braddock.

And if you prefer iB you go to Robinson --as we did when we had the choice. But it was nice to have the AP courses sophomore year as a supplement to the IB sophomore year before the IB diploma begins. We're so lucky to have this flexibility and to have a large enough system where there are so many options. Friends in more remote locations talk of having 5 AP courses total offered in their school--with no IB.