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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Wakefield parent of a student currently in one of the two Capstone courses. The course is impressive, both in its overall design and execution specifically at Wakefield. The writing and research demands on my DC are appropriately high for an AP course normally taken junior/senior year, and I'm very pleased with the rigor.

My DC is going to be much more prepared for college-level research and writing because of this course. From my perspective, that makes it valuable.

It's two AP courses, and if you score 3 or above and take four more AP courses, you get an AP Capstone diploma. [/quote]

I'd agree with this.
The AP Capstone "program" per se, I don't think, is a deal-breaker for colleges. However, since the research and writing are so minimal in APS' ELA program in general, I think the two capstone classes are very worthwhile for students planning to attend a 4-year university. They do "eat up" 2 elective opportunities, and if your student is an all-or-nothing kind of kid, they'll eat up more by focusing on getting enough additional AP classes (and scoring 3 or higher on all of the corresponding exams). But the seminar and research classes can be very worthwhile (skills development, confidence boosters) and the Research project doubles for the senior project required for graduation.

The ELA department has sought feedback from recent APS alumni and a common comment is that APS did not push enough reading and writing to prepare for the expectations in college.[/quote]

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