The College Board provides students the opportunity to pursue college-level studies while in high school and to possibly receive Advanced Placement (AP) credit upon entering college. Rocky River High School offers the following AP Courses:
- 2-D Art and Design
- Biology
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- Chemistry
- Computer Science A
- Computer Science Principles
- Drawing
- English Language and Composition
- English Literature and Composition
- French Language and Culture
- Macroeconomics
- Physics C Mechanics
- Pre-Calculus (new for 23-24)
- Psychology
- Research (part of the AP Capstone program)
- Seminar (part of the AP Capstone program)
- Spanish Language and Culture
- Statistics
- United States Government and Politics
- United States History
All AP courses receive a weighted grade (A=5.0). Students may take the AP exam without taking the course, however this situation is rare. AP exams in other areas are available to selected proficient and prepared students. See you respective counselor or Mr. Brian Gergely, the AP coordinator, for more information.
AP exams are administered at RRHS each year in May. Registration for exams takes place during the first month of school and includes two steps: 1) During the first two weeks of school, students must enter the "join code" for each of their respective classes in AP Classroom. The "join code" is provided by the AP Teacher. 2) Beginning on September 1st, students must visit Local Level Events to purchase each of their exams. The cost for each exam is $100. The deadline to purchase exams is October 12th. . A fee reduction is available when a verified need exists.
For current information about this year's AP testing, please refer to the links and downloads in the upper right corner of this page.