Advanced Placement (AP) classes are college-based courses that require students to do more work than a regular class to prepare for an exam. In which, if the student passes, they receive college credit for the course. 

At WJPS, there is a list of AP classes students can choose from. This includes AP environmental science, U.S. history, precalculus, world history, and English literature.

Based on this and last year’s schedules, APs are often placed as an eighth period class, which is insufficient for students. At the end of a school day, the majority of students are tired and often don’t pay attention since school is almost over.

This is an issue for AP teachers because students won’t perform well if they aren’t focused, which reflects on their grades. 

WJPS 11th grader Eleftheria Karam said, “I believe having an AP class last period makes it harder for some students to focus since they are tired from the rest of the day.”

WJPS 11th grader Daniella Torres said, “I think that having AP classes last period is a challenge, as I find it harder to focus, I just want to go home by now.”

A resolution would be to place all AP classes earlier in the day to ensure that students will be primarily focused during classes in order to be successful.