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Reasons not to stress about AP testing

Reasons not to stress about AP testing

Seth Eshraghi, Business Manager April 18, 2017

Nearing the end of the school year, the thought of taking AP tests, only a few weeks away, make their abrupt appearance in the minds of students enrolled in AP courses. The tests are organized through...

Double the work, but half the credit

February 2, 2014
For several years now McLean offers AP US Government and AP Comparative Government in one single class. Even though it consists of two modules it is only worth one. Two AP exams are taken, but ony one one-point boost is given to the enrolled students. Is this fair?
Student is shown lazily reading textbook.  The exhaustion is a sign of too much work and soon will collapse into senioritis

‘Tis the season to be slacking

November 3, 2013

While a typical senioritis vaccination should last a student all the way until the second semester of senior year, it has been powerless to stop the early onslaught of senioritis.  This epidemic has struck...

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